# Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance), Division 5: General derogation to the assignment of food simulants

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

By derogation from the assignments of food simulants in points 2 to 4 of this Annex, where testing with several food simulants is required, a single food simulant shall be sufficient if on the basis of evidence acquired using generally recognised scientific methods this food simulant is shown to be the most severe food simulant for the particular material or article being tested under the applicable time and temperature conditions selected in accordance with Chapters 2 and 3 of Annex V.
The scientific basis on which this derogation is used shall in such cases form part of the documentation required under Article 16 of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/10/annex/III/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-10/annex-III/division-5
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