{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1935/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1935/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/1935",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1935",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Traceability",
  "text": "1. The traceability of materials and articles shall be ensured at all stages in order to facilitate control, the recall of defective products, consumer information and the attribution of responsibility.\n2. With due regard to technological feasibility, business operators shall have in place systems and procedures to allow identification of the businesses from which and to which materials or articles and, where appropriate, substances or products covered by this Regulation and its implementing measures used in their manufacture are supplied. That information shall be made available to the competent authorities on demand.\n3. The materials and articles which are placed on the market ... shall be identifiable by an appropriate system which allows their traceability by means of labelling or relevant documentation or information.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 17 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 26; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/1935/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:08.337254+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."
}