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

Food standards

Food safety

Public order, justice and rights

Food legislation

European Union

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2016-08-10

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The Regulations provide for the implementation of the following Directives and the enforcement of the following EU Regulations —Council Directive 78/142/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L44, 15.2.1978, p.15) (“Directive 78/142”);Council Directive 84/500/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L277, 20.10.1984, p.12) (“Directive 84/500”);Commission Directive 2007/42/EC relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L172, 30.6.2007, p.71) (“Directive 2007/42”);Regulation (EC) No.1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4) (“Regulation 1935/2004”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28) (“Regulation 1895/2005”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75) (“Regulation 2023/2006”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3) (“Regulation 450/2009”); andCommission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L12, 15.1.2011, p.1) (“Regulation 10/2011”).

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

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The Regulated Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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

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The Regulated Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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PART 7Requirements for certain epoxy derivatives

Restrictions on the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE)16

1

In this Part —

a

any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to that Article or Annex in Regulation 1895/2005; and

b

paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to Article 1(3) (scope)17.

2

Subject to Article 6(1), (2) and (4) (transitional provisions)18 a person must not place on the market or use, in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or service of food —

a

any material or article in contravention of Article 3 (prohibition on use or presence of BFDGE) or Article 4 (prohibition on use or presence of NOGE); or

b

any material or article that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in Article 2 (BADGE) as read with Annex I (specific migration limit for BADGE and certain of its derivatives).

3

Subject to Article 6(3)19, a person must not place on the market any material or article which fails to comply with the requirements of Article 5 (written declaration)20.

4

Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence.