{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ceramic-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ceramic-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/1704",
  "legislation_title": "The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ceramic-articles-in-contact-with-food-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Filling",
  "text": "(1) Samples which can be filled—\n(a) Fill the article with a 4% (v/v) acetic acid solution to a level no more than 1mm from the overflow point; the distance is measured from the upper rim of the sample.\n(b) Samples with a flat or slightly sloping rim should be filled so that the distance between the surface of the liquid and the overflow point is no more than 6mm measured along the sloping rim.\n(2) Samples which cannot be filled\nThe surface of the sample which is not intended to come into contact with foodstuffs is first covered with a suitable protective layer able to resist the action of the 4% (v/v) acetic acid solution. The sample is then immersed in a receptacle containing a known volume of acetic acid solution in such a way that the surface intended to come into contact with the foodstuffs is completely covered by the test liquid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/1704/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:03:24.715736+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}