# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (No.2) Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.I. 2006/2687 · made 9 October 2006 · revised to 1 May 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-no2-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksi_20062687_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-no2-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20062687_en.pdf ## Introductory text food, england Made 9th October 2006 Laid before Parliament 17th October 2006 Coming into force 19th November 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Title, application and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Requirements for Materials and Articles ## 3 Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Required standards relating to overall migration limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic amines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Execution and Enforcement ## 14 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Offences and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 General defences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Other transitional defences and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Procedure where a sample is to be analysed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Application for Authorisation ## 21 Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: General and Supplementary ## 22 Application of provisions of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Supplementary provisions relating to Annexes II and III ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits ## 1 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants ### Part 1: Basic Rules ## 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4 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles intended for contact with all food types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Simulants to be used in relation to a Specific Food or Group of Foods ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 5: Migration Test Conditions (Times and Temperatures) ## 1 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Volatile migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 6: Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration ## 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