The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Regulation 14

SCHEDULE 4 INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN A DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE

1.  The identity and address of the business operator which manufactures or imports the plastic materials or articles or the substances intended for the manufacturing of those materials or articles.

2.  The identity of the materials, the articles or the substances intended for the manufacturing of those materials and articles.

3.  The date of the declaration.

4.  Confirmation that the plastic materials or articles meet relevant requirements laid down in the Directive and Regulation 1935/2004.

5.  Adequate information relative to the substances used for which restrictions and/or specifications are in place under the Directive to allow the downstream business operators to ensure compliance with those restrictions.

6.  Adequate information relative to the substances which are subject to a restriction in food, obtained by experimental data or theoretical calculation about the level of their specific migration and, where appropriate, the purity criteria to enable the user of these materials or articles to comply with the relevant Community provisions or, in their absence, with national provisions applicable to food.

7.  Specifications on the use of the material or article, such as–

(a) type or types of food with which it is intended to be put in contact;

(b) time and temperature of treatment and storage in contact with the food;

(c) ratio of food contact surface area to volume used to establish the compliance of the material or article.

8.  Confirmation that, when a plastic functional barrier is used in a plastic multi layer material or article, the material or article complies with the requirements of Article 7a(2), (3) and (4) of the Directive.