{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2619",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Controls and limits",
  "text": "(1) URCF and CRCF may be manufactured using only the substances or groups of substances listed in Schedule 5 (list of substances authorised in the manufacture of regenerated cellulose film) and subject to the restrictions set out in that Schedule but, by way of derogation, substances other than those listed in Schedule 5 may be used when these substances are employed either as —\n(a) dyes and pigments; or\n(b) adhesives,\nprovided that there is no trace of migration of the substances, detectable by a validated method, into or on to foodstuffs.\n(2) PRCF may be manufactured, prior to coating, using only substances or groups of substances listed in the first part of Schedule 5 and subject to the restrictions set out in that part.\n(3) The coating to be applied to PRCF may be manufactured using only substances or groups of substances authorised under Regulation 10/2011 and subject to the restrictions in the authorisations concerned.\n(4) Materials and articles made of PRCF must comply with Article 12 (overall migration limit) as read with Article 17 (expression of migration test results) and Article 18 (rules for assessing compliance with migration limits) of Regulation 10/2011.\n(5) Printed surfaces of regenerated cellulose film must not come into contact with foodstuffs.\n(6) Any material or article made of regenerated cellulose film that is not by its nature clearly intended to come into contact with food must, at a marketing stage other than the retail stage, be accompanied by a written declaration attesting that it complies with the legislation applicable to it.\n(7) Where special conditions of use are indicated, the material or article made of regenerated cellulose film must be labelled accordingly.\n(8) No person may place on the market any regenerated cellulose film which has been manufactured in contravention of the requirements of paragraphs (1) to (4), or which fails to comply with paragraphs (5) or (7).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(2) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(3) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), reg. 1(2), Sch. 12 para. 1(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(3) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), reg. 1(2), Sch. 12 para. 1(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 12(8) substituted (25.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1410), regs. 1(2), 4(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2619/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:18.668965+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."
}