The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2006

Labelling

12.—(1) At marketing stages other than the retail stage a person who is in possession of any plastic material or article must ensure that the plastic material or article is accompanied by a written declaration which —

(a) accords with the requirements of Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1); and

(b) provides, in respect of substances that are subject to a restriction on quantities migrating into food, information obtained from experimental data or theoretical calculation concerning —

(i) the levels of migration specific to those substances;

(ii) where appropriate, purity criteria in accordance with the purity Directives.

(2) In establishing which descriptions of food a material or article may come into contact with, it is to be assumed until the contrary is proved that, for the purposes of these Regulations, if particulars are shown in relation to that material or article in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), those particulars are accurate and that unless the particulars so indicate, there are no restrictions on the intended conditions of contact.

(1)

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).