{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-amendment-regulations-1995/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-amendment-regulations-1995/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“TABLE\nConditions of contact in actual use\nTest conditions\nContact time\nTest time\nt ≤ 0.5 hour\n0.5 hour\n0.5 hour < t ≤ 1 hour\n1 hour\n1 hour < t ≤ 2 hours\n2 hours\n2 hours < t ≤ 24 hours\n24 hours\nt > 24 hours\n10 days\nContact temperature\nTest temperature\n(1) Use simulant C at reflux temperature.\n(2) Use simulant D at 150° or 175°C, in addition to simulants A, B and C used as appropriate at 100°C or at reflux temperature.\nT ≤ 5°C\n5°C\n5°C < T ≤ 20°C\n20°C\n20°C < T ≤ 40°C\n40°C\n40°C < T ≤ 70°C\n70°C\n7°C < T ≤ 100°C\n100°C or reflux temperature\n100°C < T ≤ 121°C\n121°C\n121°C < T ≤ 130°C\n130°C\n130°C < T ≤ 150°C\n150°C\nT > 150°C\n175°C\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1) Use simulant C at reflux temperature."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(2) Use simulant D at 150° or 175°C, in addition to simulants A, B and C used as appropriate at 100°C or at reflux temperature."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/360/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:16:32.591962+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."
}