F1PART 1Preliminary
Citation and commencementF11
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InterpretationF12
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F1PART 2Requirements for Materials and Articles
Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articlesF13
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Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articlesF14
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Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articlesF15
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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomersF16
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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additivesF17
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Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentationF18
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Required standards relating to overall migration limitsF19
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Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic aminesF110
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Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articlesF111
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Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BDGE and NOGE)F112
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Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysisF113
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Labelling and documentationF114
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F1PART 3Execution and Enforcement
EnforcementF115
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Offences and PenaltiesF116
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Time limit for prosecutionsF117
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Offences due to the act or default of a third partyF118
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Defence of exercising due diligence etcF119
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Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oilF120
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Procedure where a sample is to be analysedF121
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Secondary analysis by the Government ChemistF122
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F1PART 4General and Supplementary
Application of provisions of the OrderF123
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Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991F124
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Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007F125
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RevocationsF126
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Regulations revoked (20.11.2012) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/384), reg. 29(b) (with reg. 3)