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Division 4 Food simulant assignment for testing overall migrationF1

United Kingdom

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For tests to demonstrate compliance with the overall migration limit food simulants shall be chosen as set out in Table 3:

Table 3

Food simulant assignment for demonstrating compliance with the overall migration limit

Foods covered Food simulants in which testing shall be performed
all types of food

1.

distilled water or water of equivalent quality or food simulant A;

2.

food simulant B; and

3.

food simulant D2.

all types of food except for acidic foods

1.

distilled water or water of equivalent quality or food simulant A; and

2.

food simulant D2.

F2all aqueous and alcoholic foods and milk products with a pH ≥ 4,5 food simulant D1
all aqueous and alcoholic foods and milk products with a pH < 4,5 food simulant D1 and food simulant B
all aqueous foods and alcoholic foods up to an alcohol content of 20 % food simulant C
all aqueous and acidic foods and alcoholic foods up to an alcohol content of 20 %

1.

food simulant C; and

2.

food simulant B.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/752 of 28 April 2017 amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/37 of 10 January 2019 amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance).