{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012/regulation-16.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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE)",
  "text": "(1) In this Part —\n(a) any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to that Article or Annex in Regulation 1895/2005; and\n(b) paragraph (2) is subject to Article 1(3) (scope) .\n(2) Subject to Article 6(1),(2) and (4) (transitional provisions) , no person may place on the market or use, in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or service of food —\n(a) any material or article in contravention of Article 3 (prohibition on use or presence of BFDGE) or Article 4 (prohibition on use or presence of NOGE); or\n(b) any material or article that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in Article 2 (BADGE) as read with Annex I (specific migration limit for BADGE and certain of its derivatives).\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1)(b) 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(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 16(3) omitted (25.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1410), regs. 1(2), 4(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(4) 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(8)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Article 3 contains an exception relating to certain containers and storage tanks and pipelines belonging to them."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Article 6(1) (relevant date 1 March 2003) and (2) (relevant date 1 January 2005) provide for transitional arrangements for the application of Articles 2, 3 and 4 to specified materials and articles; Article 6(4) allows the marketing of specified materials and articles if certain labelling requirements are met."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2619/regulation/16",
    "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."
}