The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2009 (revoked)
PART 1Preliminary
1Title, application and commencement
2Interpretation
PART 2Requirements for Materials and Articles
3Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles
4Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
5Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles
6Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomers
7Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additives
8Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation
9Required standards relating to overall migration limits
10Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic amines
11Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles
12Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BDGE and NOGE)
13Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis
14Labelling and documentation
PART 3Execution and Enforcement
15Enforcement
16Offences and Penalties
17Offences by corporate bodies or Scottish partnerships
18Time limit for prosecutions
19Offences due to the act or default of a third party
20Defence of exercising due diligence etc
21Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil
21ATransitional defences relating to infant feeding bottles containing Bisphenol A
22Procedure where a sample is to be analysed
23Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist
PART 4General and Supplementary
24Application of provisions of the Act
25Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990
26Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2007
27Revocations
SCHEDULE 1Supplementary provisions relating to Annexes II and III
1In Sections A and B of Annexes II and III...
2If a substance appearing in the Annexes as an individual...
3(1) The items identified in Section A or B of...
4In the case of substances listed in Section B of...
5Where an entry in column 4 of the Annexes (restrictions...
SCHEDULE 2Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits
1General Provisions
2Where any migration test specified in this Schedule and, where...
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any testing of migration from...
4(1) Any sample of plastic material or article shall be...
5Where a plastic material or article is intended to come...
6Special provisions relating to the fat reduction factor
7(1) Correction by the FRF may not be used —...
8If use of the FRF under paragraph 6 or 7(2)...
9Special provisions relating to the correction of specific migration in simulant D
10Special provisions relating to overall migration
11(1) Where a plastic material or article is intended to...
12(1) Any plastic material or article which exceeds its overall...
13Special provisions relating to caps, lids, gaskets, stoppers and similar sealing articles
SCHEDULE 3Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants
PART 1Basic Rules
1Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Part,...
2Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Part, substitute...
3Subject to paragraph 4 of this Part, alternative tests as...
4In migration testing it is permissible to—
PART 2Food Simulants to be used in Migration Testing
1Subject to Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7, the simulants...
2For the purposes of this Schedule a reference to an...
3The characteristics of rectified olive oil referred to in the...
4The fatty food simulants referred to in the Table are...
5Where a fatty food simulant specified in paragraph 4 is...
PART 3Selection of Food Simulants
1Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types
2(1) Where a test is carried out on a plastic...
3Food types are defined in Table 1 below as follows...
4Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles intended for contact with all food types
5Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food
6Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication
7The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a...
8A specific indication referred to in paragraph 7 is expressed...
PART 4Simulants to be used in relation to a Specific Food or Group of Foods
1For the purposes of this Schedule a simulant is specified...
2For the purposes of this Part —
3Where a reduction factor is specified in the Table in...
4(1) Where the letter “a” is shown in brackets after...
5Where a food is listed in the Table under both...
PART 5Migration Test Conditions (Times and Temperatures)
1General criteria
2Where the plastic material or article being tested is intended...
3For the purposes of this Part the worst foreseeable conditions...
4Volatile migrants
5Special cases
6Where the carrying out of a migration test under contact...
7Where, in actual use, the plastic material or article being...
PART 6Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration
1Subject to paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, all the test...
2Test conditions other than those specified in the Table to...
3For each test— (a) a new test specimen shall be...
4Where carrying out a migration test causes any physical or...
5Any test conditions in the Table to this Part which...
PART 7Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration
1Subject to paragraph 2 of this Part the conditions which...
2The condition in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 does not...
3The migration tests referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3...
SCHEDULE 4Information to be contained in a declaration of compliance
1The name and address of the business operator which manufactures...
2The identity of the materials, articles or substances intended for...
3The date of the declaration.
4Confirmation that the plastic materials or articles meet the relevant...
5Adequate information relating to the substances used for which restrictions...
6Adequate information relating to the substances which are subject to...
7Specifications on the use of the plastic material or article,...
8Confirmation, when a plastic functional barrier is used in a...
SCHEDULE 5Transitional arrangements
1In the case of a plastic material or article manufactured...
2In the case of a plastic material or article (other...
3In the case of — (a) a plastic material or...
4In the case of a plastic material or article (other...
5In the case of a plastic material or article (other...

2009 No. 205

Food, England

The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2009 (revoked)F1

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