# The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1987, Regulation 5: Vinyl chloride monomer


(1) Materials and articles to which regulation 4 applies and which are manufactured with vinyl chloride polymers or copolymers—
(a) shall not contain vinyl chloride monomer in a quantity exceeding 1 milligram per kilogram of the material or article as measured by the method of analysis specified in regulation 14(1); and
(b) shall be manufactured in such a way that they do not transfer to foods with which they are in contact any quantity of vinyl chloride exceeding 0.01 milligrams of vinyl chloride per kilogram of food as measured by the method of analysis specified in regulation 14(2).
(2) No person shall—
(a) sell,
(b) import, or
(c) use in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, selling or serving of food,
any such material or article which does not comply with this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1523/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1987/regulation-5
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