The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (revoked)
PART 1Preliminary
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
PART 2Requirements for Materials and Articles
3Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles
4Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
5Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
6Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomers
7Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additives
8Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation
9Required standards relating to overall migration limits
10Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic amines
11Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis
12Labelling
13Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE)
PART 3Execution and Enforcement
14Enforcement
15Offences and Penalties
16General defences
17Transitional defences and savings
18Procedure where a sample is to be analysed
19Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist
PART 4Application for Authorisation
20Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives
PART 5General and Supplementary
21Application of provisions of the Order
22Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (NI) 1991
23Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
24Revocations
SCHEDULE 1
PART 1List of Monomers with Restrictions and Specifications
PART 2Supplementary
1In regulation 4 and Part 1 of this Schedule—
2If a substance appearing in Part 1 of this Schedule...
3(1) The items identified in Part 1 of this Schedule...
4Where an entry in column 4 of Part 1 of...
SCHEDULE 2
PART 1Incomplete List of Additives Used in the Manufacture of Plastic Materials and Articles (not being Additives to which Paragraph 5 of Part 3 of this Schedule Applies)
PART 2Incomplete List of Additives Used in the Manufacture of Plastic Materials and Articles (Being Additives to which Paragraphs 5 of Part 3 of this Schedule Applies)
PART 3Supplementary
1In regulations 5 and 7 and Parts 1 and 2...
2If a substance identified in Parts 1 or 2 is...
3If, as indicated in paragraph 2 of Annex III to...
4Where an entry in column 4 of Part 1 or...
5In this case of the substances listed in Part 2,...
SCHEDULE 3Products Obtained by Bacterial Fermentation
SCHEDULE 4Specifications
SCHEDULE 5Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits
1General Provisions
2Where any migration test specified in this Schedule and, where...
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any testing of migration from...
4Where a plastic material or article is intended to come...
5Special provisions relating to overall migration
6(1) Where a plastic material or article is intended to...
7(1) Any plastic material or article which exceeds its overall...
SCHEDULE 6Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants
PART 1Basic Rules
1Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Part,...
2Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Part, substitute...
3Subject to paragraph 4 of this Part, alternative tests as...
4In migration testing it is permissible to—
PART 2Food Simulants to be Used in Migration Testing
5Subject to Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7, the simulants...
6For the purposes of this Schedule a reference to an...
7The characteristics of rectified olive oil referred to in the...
8The fatty food simulants referred to in the Table are...
9Where fatty food simulant specified in paragraph 4 is used...
PART 3Selection of Food Simulants
10Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types
11(1) Where a test is carried out on a plastic...
12Food types are defined in Table 1 below as follows...
13Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles intended for contact with all food types
14Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food
15Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication
16The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a...
17A specific indication referred to in paragraph 7 is expressed...
PART 4Selection of Food Simulants
18For the purposes of this Schedule a simulant is specified...
19For the purposes of this Part —
20Where a reduction factor is specified in the Table in...
21Where the letter “a” is shown in brackets after the...
22Where a food is listed in the Table under both...
PART 5Migration Test Conditions (Times and Temperatures)
23General criteria
24Where the plastic material or article being tested is intended...
25For the purposes of this Part the worst foreseeable conditions...
26Volatile migrants
27Special cases
28Where the carrying out of a migration test under contact...
29Where, in actual use, the plastic material or article being...
30The Table to this Part shall be read with the...
PART 6Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration
31Subject to paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, all the test...
32Test conditions other than those specified in the Table to...
33For each test— (a) a new test specimen shall be...
34Where carrying out a migration test causes any physical or...
35Any test conditions in the Table to this Part which...
36The Table to this Part shall be read with the...
PART 7Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration
37Subject to paragraph 2 of this Part the conditions which...
38The condition in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 does not...
39The migration tests referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3...

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