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The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2005
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- 2005 No. 243
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 9:
- Regulations revoked by S.S.I. 2007/471 reg. 22(b)
- reg. 9(3) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/314 reg. 23(4)(a)
- reg. 9(3) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/517 reg. 24(4)(a)
- reg. 9(3)(b) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/314 reg. 23(4)(b)
- reg. 9(3)(b) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/517 reg. 24(4)(b)
- reg. 9(5) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/314 reg. 23(5)
- reg. 9(5) words substituted by S.S.I. 2006/517 reg. 24(4)(c)
Migration limits for regenerated cellulose film coated with plasticsS
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) no person shall manufacture or import any material or article made with regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics which–
(a)is intended to come into contact with food; and
(b)is capable of transferring its constituents to food in quantities exceeding an overall migration limit of 10 milligrams per square decimetre of the surface of the material or article in contact with food.
(2) In the case of any material or article made with regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics which–
(a)is or is comparable to a container or which can be filled, with a capacity of not less than 500 millilitres and not more than 10 litres;
(b)can be filled and for which it is impracticable to estimate the surface area in contact with food; or
(c)is a cap, gasket, stopper or similar device for sealing,
the overall migration limit shall be 60 milligrams of constituents transferred per kilogram of food.
(3) No person shall manufacture or import any material or article made with regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics manufactured with any substance listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Regulations (authorised monomers) which–
(a)is intended to come into contact with food; and
(b)is capable of transferring its constituents to food in quantities exceeding the specific migration limits set out in column 4 of that Part as read with Part II of that Schedule.
(4) Where the migration limit for a substance mentioned in paragraph (3) is expressed in milligrams per kilogram, in the case of regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics which–
(a)is or is comparable to a container or which can be filled, with a capacity of less than 500 millilitres or more than 10 litres; or
(b)cannot be filled or for which it is impracticable to estimate the relationship between the surface area of the film and the quantity of food in contact with it,
the migration limit shall be divided by the conversion factor of 6 in order to express it in milligrams of constituents transferred per square decimetre of the material or article in contact with food.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), the verification of compliance with migration limits shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 of the 1998 Regulations as read with regulation 6 of those Regulations and for the purposes of this paragraph any reference in those provisions to a plastic material or article shall be construed as a reference to regenerated cellulose film coated with plastics.
(6) Paragraph (5) shall not apply in any circumstances to which regulation 7(1) or (2) is applicable.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 9 in force at 21.5.2005, see reg. 1(1)
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