The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations 1996
S.I. 1996/694 · Made 11 March 1996
FOOD
Made 11th March 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996
Coming into force 1st April 1996
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(2), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State being Ministers designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to materials and articles in contact with food or drink or intended for such contact, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of the Act of 1990 with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations (in so far as the Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act of 1990), hereby make the following Regulations:—
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act.
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Contents
- 1Title, commencement, extent and interpretation
- 2Amendment of the principal Regulations
- Signature
- Schedule 1Schedule 1
- Schedule 2Schedule 2
- Schedule 3Schedule 3
- Explanatory note
1Title, commencement, extent and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1992f1.
2Amendment of the principal Regulations
The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows—
in regulation 2(1)—
after the definition of “the 1987 Regulations”, there shall be inserted the following definition—
““additive” means a substance, other than one which directly influences the formation of polymers including the catalytic system, which is—
- (a)
incorporated into a plastic material or article to achieve a technical effect in the finished product and is intended to be present in the finished product; or
- (b)
used to provide a suitable medium in which polymerization occurs including emulsifiers, surfactants and buffering agents;”; and
after the definition of “food” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““good technical quality” means good technical quality as regards the purity criteria;”;
after regulation 13 there shall be inserted the following regulations—
“Use, sale and importation until 1st April 1998
14Until 1st April 1998 a plastic material or article which has been manufactured using one or more of the monomers identified by PM/REF No., CAS No. and name respectively in columns 1, 2, 3 of Section E of Part I of Schedule 1—
(a)may be used in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption,
(b)may be sold for the purpose of its being used in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption, or
(c)may be imported for the purpose of its being used in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption,
provided that such monomer is of good technical quality.
Additives
15(1)Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, no person shall use in the manufacture of plastic materials or articles any additive identified by PM/REF No., CAS No. (if any) and name respectively in columns 1, 2, 3 of Part I of Schedule 3 which is not of good technical quality.
(2)Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not be taken to prohibit the presence in any plastic material or article of any substance which is a mixture of additives of good technical quality identified in Part I of Schedule 3.
(3)In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, where it is alleged that the commission of the offence is due to the manufacture of a plastic material or article with any additive identified in Part I of Schedule 3 which is not of good technical quality, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that each such additive is present in the finished plastic material or article as an impurity, a reaction intermediate or a decomposition product.”;
in the column headed “Item” in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 for Item number and letter “66A” and “91A” there shall be substituted, respectively, “66B” and “91B”;
the Item number and letter, PM/REF No., CAS No., name and restriction (if any) for each monomer identified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be inserted in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 at the place corresponding to the number and letter specified for that monomer in the column headed “Item” in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1, opposite and corresponding to Item 57, for the entry in column 1 (PM/REF No.) there shall be substituted the entry “14411” and in column 3 (Name) the words “(food grade quality)” shall be deleted;
in column 4 (Restrictions) of Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1—
opposite and corresponding to Item 166, there shall be inserted the following entry “see `Rosin'”; and
in the entry opposite and corresponding to Item 180, for “0.05” there shall be substituted “5”;
in Section B of Part 1 of Schedule 1 the entries in columns 1 (PM/REF No.), 2 (CAS No.), 3 (Name) and 4 (Restrictions) (if any) opposite and corresponding to Items 11, 60, 83, 102 and 161 respectively, shall be deleted;
the contents of Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted after Section D of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and
the contents of Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be inserted after Schedule 2.
Signature
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
11th March 1996
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Cumberlege
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
4th March 1996
Lindsay
Paliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
4th March 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Rod Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
7th March 1996
Schedule 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | PM/REF No. | CAS No. | Name | Restrictions |
| 7A. | 10660 | 015214-89-8, 2-Acrylamido-2methylpropanesulphonic acid | The specific migration of this substance shall not exceed 0.05mg/kg. | |
| 26A. | 12789 | 007664-41-7 | Ammonia | |
| 66A. | 15070 | 001647-16-1 | Dec-1,9-diene | The specific migration of this substance shall not exceed 0.05mg/kg. |
| 91A. | 17050 | 000104-76-7 | 2-Ethylhexan-l-ol | The specific migration of this substance shall not exceed 30mg/kg. |
| 110B. | 19270 | 000097-65-4 | Itaconic acid | |
| 197. | 26140 | 000075-38-7 | Vinylidene fluoride | The specific migration of this substance shall not exceed 5mg/kg. |
Schedule 2
“SECTION E
Monomers authorised until 1st April 1998
1 2 3 Item PM/REF No. CAS No. Name 1. 10660 015214-89-8 2-Acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulphonic acid 2. 15070 001647-16-1 Dec-1,9-diene 3. 17050 000104-76-7 2-Ethylhexan-1-o1 ”
Schedule 3
“SCHEDULE 3
PART I
ADDITIVES
1 2 3 Item PM/REF No. CAS No. Name 1 30000 000064-19-7 Acetic acid 2 30045 000123-86-4 Acetic acid, butyl ester 3 30140 000141-78-6 Acetic acid, ethyl ester 4 30280 000108-24-7 Acetic anhydride 5 30295 000067-64-1 Acetone 6 30370 — Acetylacetic acid, salts 7 30400 — Acetylated glycerides 8 30960 — Acids, aliphatic, monocarboxylic (C6-C22), esters with polyglycerol 9 31328 — Acids, fatty, from animal or vegetable food fats and oils 10 31730 000124-04-9 Adipic acid 11 33120 — Alcohols, aliphatic, monohydric, saturated, linear, primary (C4-C24) 12 33350 009005-32-7 Alginic acid 13 34480 — Aluminium fibers, flakes and powders 14 34560 021645-51-2 Aluminium hydroxide 15 34690 011097-59-9 Aluminium magnesium carbonate hydroxide 16 34720 001344-28-1 Aluminium oxide 17 35120 013560-49-1 3-Aminocrotonic acid, diester with thiobis (2-hydroxyethyl) ether 18 35320 007664-41-7 Ammonia 19 35440 012124-97-9 Ammonium bromide 20 35600 001336-21-6 Ammonium hydroxide 21 35840 000506-30-9 Arachidic acid 22 35845 007771-44-0 Arachidonic acid 23 36000 000050-81-7 Ascorbic acid 24 36080 000137-66-6 Ascorbyl palmitate 25 36160 010605-09-1 Ascorbyl stearate 26 36880 008012-89-3 Beeswax 27 36960 003061-75-4 Behenamide 28 37040 000112-85-6 Behenic acid 29 37280 001302-78-9 Bentonite 30 37600 000065-85-0 Benzoic acid 31 37680 000136-60-7 Benzoic acid, butyl ester 32 37840 000093-89-0 Benzoic acid, ethyl ester 33 38080 000093-58-3 Benzoic acid, methyl ester 34 38160 002315-68-6 Benzoic acid, propyl ester 35 38950 079072-96-1 Bis(4-ethylbenzylidene) sorbitol 36 39890 087826-41-3 Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol 069158-41-4 “ “ “ 054686-97-4 “ “ “ 37 40400 010043-11-5 Boron nitride 38 40570 000106-97-8 Butane 39 41040 005743-36-2 Calcium butyrate 40 41280 001305-62-0 Calcium hydroxide 41 41520 001305-78-8 Calcium oxide 42 41600 012004-14-7 Calcium sulphoaluminate 037293-22-4 “ “ 43 41760 008006-44-8 Candelilla wax 44 41960 000124-07-2 Caprylic acid 45 42160 000124-38-9 Carbon dioxide 46 42500 — Carbonic acid, salts 47 42640 009000-11-7 Carboxymethylcellulose 48 42720 008015-86-9 Carnauba wax 49 42800 009000-71-9 Casein 50 42960 064147-40-6 Castor oil, dehydrated 51 43200 — Castor oil, monoand diglycerides 52 43280 009004-34-6 Cellulose 53 43300 009004-36-8 Cellulose acetate butyrate 54 43360 068442-85-3 Cellulose, regenerated 55 43440 008001-75-0 Ceresin 56 44160 000077-92-9 Citric acid 57 44640 000077-93-0 Citric acid, triethyl ester 58 45280 — Cotton fibers 59 45560 014464-46-1 Cristobalite 60 45760 000108-91-8 Cyclohexylamine 61 45920 009000-16-2 Dammar 62 45940 000334-48-5 n-Decanoic acid 63 46070 010016-20-3 alpha-Dextrin 64 46080 007585-39-9 beta-Dextrin 65 46375 061790-53-2 Diatomaceous earth 66 46480 032647-67-9 Dibenzylidene sorbitol 67 46790 004221-80-1 3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4-di-tertbutylphenyl ester 68 46800 067845-93-6 3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, hexadecyl ester 69 46870 003135-18-0 3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonic acid, dioctadecyl ester 70 47440 000461-58-5 Dicyanodiamide 71 49540 000067-68-5 Dimethyl sulphoxide 72 51200 000126-58-9 Dipentaerythritol 73 51760 025265-71-8 Dipropyleneglycol 000110-98-5 “ 74 52640 016389-88-1 Dolomite 75 52730 000112-86-7 Erucic acid 76 52800 000064-17-5 Ethanol 77 53270 037205-99-5 Ethylcarboxymethylcellulose 78 53280 009004-57-3 Ethylcellulose 79 53360 000110-31-6 N,N'-Ethylenebisoleamide 80 53440 005518-18-3 N,N'-Ethylenebispalmitamide 81 53520 000110-30-5 N,N'-Ethylenebisstearamide 82 53600 000060-00-4 Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 83 54005 005136-44-7 Ethylene-N-palmitamide-N1-stearamide 84 54260 009004-58-4 Ethylhydroxyethylcellulose 85 54270 — Ethylhydroxymethylcellulose 86 54280 — Ethylhydroxypropylcellulose 87 54450 — Fats and oils from animal or vegetable food sources 88 54480 — Fats and oils, hydrogenated, from animal or vegetable food sources 89 55040 000064-18-6 Formic acid 90 55120 000110-17-8 Fumaric acid 91 55190 029204-02-2 Gadoleic acid 92 55440 009000-70-8 Gelatin 93 55680 000110-94-1 Glutaric acid 94 55920 000056-81-5 Glycerol 95 56020 099880-64-5 Glycerol dibehenate 96 56360 — Glycerol, esters with acetic acid 97 56487 — Glycerol, esters with butyric acid 98 56490 — Glycerol, esters with erucic acid 99 56495 — Glycerol, esters with 12-hydroxystearic acid 100 56500 — Glycerol, esters with lauric acid 101 56510 — Glycerol, esters with linoleic acid 102 56520 — Glycerol, esters with myristic acid 103 56540 — Glycerol, esters with oleic acid 104 56550 — Glycerol, esters with palmitic acid 105 56565 — Glycerol, esters with nonanoic acid 106 56570 — Glycerol, esters with propionic acid 107 56580 — Glycerol, esters with ricinoleic acid 108 56585 — Glycerol, esters with stearic acid 109 56610 030233-64-8 Glycerol monobehenate 110 56720 026402-23-3 Glycerol monohexanoate 111 56800 030899-62-8 Glycerol monolaurate diacetate 112 56880 026402-26-6 Glycerol monooctanoate 113 57040 — Glycerol monooleate, ester with ascorbic acid 114 57120 — Glycerol monooleate, ester with citric acid 115 57200 — Glycerol monopalmitate, ester with ascorbic acid 116 57280 — Glycerol monopalmitate, ester with citric acid 117 57600 — Glycerol monostearate, ester with ascorbic acid 118 57680 — Glycerol monostearate, ester with citric acid 119 57920 000620-67-7 Glycerol triheptanoate 120 58300 — Glycine, salts 121 58320 007782-42-5 Graphite 122 58400 009000-30-0 Guar gum 123 58480 009000-01-5 Gum arabic 124 58720 000111-14-8 Heptanoic acid 125 59360 000142-62-1 Hexanoic acid 126 59760 019569-21-2 Huntite 127 59990 007647-01-0 Hydrochloric acid 128 60030 012072-90-1 Hydromagnesite 129 60080 012304-65-3 Hydrotalcite 130 60160 000120-47-8 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, ethyl ester 131 60180 004191-73-5 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, isopropyl ester 132 60200 000099-76-3 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, methyl ester 133 60240 000094-13-3 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, propyl ester 134 60560 009004-62-0 Hydroxyethylcellulose 135 60880 009032-42-2 Hydroxyethylmethylcellulose 136 61120 009005-27-0 Hydroxyethyl starch 137 61390 037353-59-6 Hydroxymethylcellulose 138 61680 009004-64-2 Hydroxypropylcellulose 139 61800 009049-76-7 Hydroxypropyl starch 140 61840 000106-14-9 12-Hydroxystearic acid 141 62140 006303-21-5 Hypophosphorous acid 142 62240 001332-37-2 Iron oxide 143 62450 000078-78-4 Isopentane 144 62640 008001-39-6 Japan wax 145 62720 001332-58-7 Kaolin 146 62800 — Kaolin, calcined 147 62960 000050-21-5 Lactic acid 148 63040 000138-22-7 Lactic acid, butyl ester 149 63280 000143-07-7 Lauric acid 150 63760 008002-43-5 Lecithin 151 63840 000123-76-2 Levulinic acid 152 63920 000557-59-5 Lignoceric acid 153 64015 000060-33-3 Linoleic acid 154 64150 028290-79-1 Linolenic acid 155 64500 — Lysine, salts 156 64640 001309-42-8 Magnesium hydroxide 157 64720 001309-48-4 Magnesium oxide 158 65020 006915-15-7 Malic acid 159 65040 000141-82-2 Malonic acid 160 65520 000087-78-5 Mannitol 161 66200 037206-01-2 Methylcarboxymethylcellulose 162 66240 009004-67-5 Methylcellulose 163 66640 009004-59-5 Methylethylcellulose 164 66695 — Methylhydroxymethylcellulose 165 66700 009004-65-3 Methylhydroxypropylcellulose 166 67120 012001-26-2 Mica 167 67200 001317-33-5 Molybdenum disulphide 168 67840 — Montanic acids and/or their esters with ethyleneglycol and/or with 1,3-butanediol and/or with glycerol 169 67850 008002-53-7 Montan wax 170 67891 000544-63-8 Myristic acid 171 68040 003333-62-8 7-[2H-Naphtho-(1,2-D)triazol-2-yl]-3-phenylcoumarin 172 68125 068187-64-4 Nepheline syenite 173 69040 000112-80-1 Oleic acid 174 69760 000143-28-2 Oleyl alcohol 175 70000 070331-94-1 2,2'-Oxamidobis[ethyl-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4hydroxyphenyl)-propionate] 176 70240 012198-93-5 Ozokerite 177 70400 000057-10-3 Palmitic acid 178 71020 000373-49-9 Palmitoleic acid 179 71440 009000-69-5 Pectin 180 71600 000115-77-5 Pentaerythritol 181 71680 006683-19-8 Pentaerythritol tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4hydroxyphenyl)-propionate] 182 71720 000109-66-0 Pentane 183 72640 007664-38-2 Phosphoric acid 184 74240 031570-04-4 Phosphorous acid, tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)ester 185 74480 000088-99-3 o-Phthalic acid 186 76320 000085-44-9 Phthalic anhydride 187 76720 009016-00-6 063148-62-9 Polydimethylsiloxane 188 76960 025322-68-3 Polyethyleneglycol 189 77600 061788-85-0 Polyethyleneglycol ester of hydrogenated castor oil 190 77702 — Polyethyleneglycol esters of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids (C6-C22), and their ammonium and sodium sulphates 191 79040 009005-64-5 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan monolaurate 192 79120 009005-65-6 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan monooleate 193 79200 009005-66-7 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan monopalmitate 194 79280 009005-67-8 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan monostearate 195 79360 009005-70-3 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan trioleate 196 79440 009005-71-4 Polyethyleneglycol sorbitan tristearate 197 80240 029894-35-7 Polyglycerol ricinoleate 198 80640 — Polyoxyalkyl(C2-C4)dimethylpolysiloxane 199 80720 008017-16-1 Polyphosphoric acids 200 81520 007758-02-3 Potassium bromide 201 81600 001310-58-3 Potassium hydroxide 202 81840 000057-55-6 1,2-Propanediol 203 81882 000067-63-0 2-Propanol 204 82000 000079-09-4 Propionic acid 205 82080 009005-37-2 1,2-Propyleneglycol alginate 206 82240 022788-19-8 1,2-Propyleneglycol dilaurate 207 82400 000105-62-4 1,2-Propyleneglycol dioleate 208 82560 033587-20-1 1,2-Propyleneglycol dipalmitate 209 82720 006182-11-2 1,2-Propyleneglycol distearate 210 82800 027194-74-7 1,2-Propyleneglycol monolaurate 211 82960 001330-80-9 1,2-Propyleneglycol monooleate 212 83120 029013-28-3 1,2-Propyleneglycol monopalmitate 213 83300 001323-39-3 1,2-Propyleneglycol monostearate 214 83320 — Propylhydroxyethylcellulose 215 83325 — Propylhydroxymethylcellulose 216 83330 — Propylhydroxypropylcellulose 217 83440 002466-09-3 Pyrophosphoric acid 218 83455 013445-56-2 Pyrophosphorous acid 219 83460 012269-78-2 Pyrophyllite 220 83470 014808-60-7 Quartz 221 83610 073138-82-6 Resin acids and rosin acids 222 83840 008050-09-7 Rosin 223 84000 008050-31-5 Rosin, ester with glycerol 224 84080 008050-26-8 Rosin, ester with pentaerythritol 225 84210 065997-06-0 Rosin, hydrogenated 226 84240 065997-13-9 Rosin, hydrogenated, ester with glycerol 227 84320 008050-15-5 Rosin, hydrogenated, ester with methanol 228 84400 064365-17-9 Rosin, hydrogenated, ester with pentaerythritol 229 84560 009006-04-6 Rubber, natural 230 84640 000069-72-7 Salicylic acid 231 85600 — Silicates, natural 232 85980 — Silicic acid, salts 233 86000 — Silicic acid, silylated 234 86160 000409-21-2 Silicon carbide 235 86240 007631-86-9 Silicon dioxide 236 86560 007647-15-6 Sodium bromide 237 86720 001310-73-2 Sodium hydroxide 238 87200 000110-44-1 Sorbic acid 239 87280 029116-98-1 Sorbitan dioleate 240 87520 062568-11-0 Sorbitan monobehenate 241 87600 001338-39-2 Sorbitan monolaurate 242 87680 001338-43-8 Sorbitan monooleate 243 87760 026266-57-9 Sorbitan monopalmitate 244 87840 001338-41-6 Sorbitan monostearate 245 87920 061752-68-9 Sorbitan tetrastearate 246 88080 026266-58-0 Sorbitan trioleate 247 88160 054140-20-4 Sorbitan tripalmitate 248 88240 026658-19-5 Sorbitan tristearate 249 88320 000050-70-4 Sorbitol 250 88600 026836-47-5 Sorbitol monostearate 251 88800 009005-25-8 Starch, edible 252 88880 068412-29-3 Starch, hydrolysed 253 89040 000057-11-4 Stearic acid 254 90720 058446-52-9 Stearoylbenzoylmethane 255 90800 005793-94-2 Stearoyl-2-lactylic acid, calcium salt 256 90960 000110-15-6 Succinic acid 257 91200 000126-13-6 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate 258 91360 000126-14-7 Sucrose octaacetate 259 91840 007704-34-9 Sulphur 260 91920 007664-93-9 Sulphuric acid 261 92080 014807-96-6 Talc 262 92160 000087-69-4 Tartaric acid 263 92195 — Taurine, salts 264 92205 057569-40-1 Terephthalic acid, diester with 2,2'-methylenebis(4methyl-6-tert-butylphenol) 265 92350 000112-60-7 Tetraethyleneglycol 266 92640 000102-60-3 N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-hydroxypropyl)ethylenediamine 267 93440 013463-67-7 Titanium dioxide 268 93520 000059-02-9 alpha-Tocopherol “ “ 269 93680 009000-65-1 Tragacanth gum 270 94320 000112-27-6 Triethyleneglycol 271 95200 001709-70-2 1,3,5-Trimethyl-2,4,6-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4hydroxybenzyl)benzene 272 95905 013983-17-0 Wollastonite 273 95920 — Wood flour and fibers, untreated 274 95935 011138-66-2 Xanthan gum 275 96190 020427-58-1 Zinc hydroxide 276 96240 001314-13-2 Zinc oxide 277 96320 001314-98-3 Zinc sulphide PART II
SUPPLEMENTARY
1In regulation 15 and Part I of this Schedule—
(a)the PM/REF No. of any additive is its EEC packaging material reference number;
(b)the CAS No. of any additive is its CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry Number, and
(c)the name of any additive is its chemical name,
and to the extent that there is any inconsistency between the CAS No. and the name, the name shall take precedence over the CAS No.
2If an additive appearing in Part I of this Schedule as an individual compound also falls within a generic term which appears therein, the restriction (if any) applying to that additive shall be that indicated for the individual compound and the entry applying to the generic term shall be treated as varied to such extent (if any) as is necessary therefor.
3If a substance—
(a)identified in Part I of this Schedule is an acid, a phenol or an alcohol and has salts (including double salts) of one or more of the following names (that is to say salts (including double salts) of aluminium, ammonium, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium or zinc), then any such salts (including double salts) shall be treated as included in the specification of that substance; and
(b)is identified in Part I of this Schedule as an acid salt and has salt of one or more of the following names (that is to say, salts of aluminium, ammonium, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium or zinc), then the free acid corresponding to that substance is not treated as included in the specification of that substance.”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3145) (“the principal Regulations”) and implement Commission Directive 95/3/EEC (OJ No. L41, 23.2.95, p.44), amending Commission Directive 90/128/EEC (OJ No. L75, 21.3.90, p.19, to be read with the corrigendum in OJ No. L349, 13.12.90, p.26) relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.
The Regulations—
add definitions of the terms “additive” and “good technical quality” in the principal Regulations (regulation 2(a));
permit the use, sale or importation of plastic materials and articles manufactured using one or more of the monomers in Section E as inserted in Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations by these Regulations, until 1 April 1998 (regulation 2(b) and (h));
prohibit use in the manufacture of plastic materials or articles of specified additives unless they are of good technical quality (regulation 2(b) and (i));
amend the Item number and letter for two monomers in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (regulation 2(c));
add specified monomers with restrictions as appropriate to those listed in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (monomers authorised without time limit) (regulation 2(d) and (e));
amend the restrictions at items 166 and 180 respectively (Rosin gum and 5-Sulphoisophthalic acid, monosodium salt) in Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (regulation 2(f)); and
delete one monomer from Section A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (monomers authorised without time limit), and delete five monomers from Section B (monomers authorised up to the end of 1996) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (regulation 2(e) and (g)).
A copy of the Compliance Cost Assessment in relation to these Regulations has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament and further copies can be obtained from Food Contaminants Division B of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ergon House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.