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SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants

PART 7 E+W+S Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration

1.  Subject to paragraph 2 of this Part the conditions which must be fulfilled to allow the result of either test specified in paragraph 3 to be used as an alternative to the result of a migration test carried out under Part 3 are that— E+W+S

(a) the result obtained in a “comparison test” shows that the values are equal to or greater than those obtained in the test with simulant D; and

(b) the migration occurring in either test specified in paragraph 3 does not, after application of the appropriate reduction factor, exceed the appropriate migration limit.