The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

PART 8Requirements for Vinyl chloride

Requirements on materials and articles manufactured with vinyl chloride

18.—(1) Materials and articles, other than those materials and articles controlled by Regulation 10/2011, which are manufactured with vinyl chloride polymers or copolymers —

(a)must not contain vinyl chloride monomer in a quantity exceeding 1 milligram per kilogram of the material or article; and

(b)must be manufactured in such a way that they do not transfer to foods with which they are in contact any quantity of vinyl chloride exceeding 0.01 milligrams of vinyl chloride per kilogram of food.

(2) A person must not —

(a)place on the market; or

(b)use in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, selling or service of food,

any material or article that does not comply with paragraph (1).