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Regulation 3 Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

No person may —

(a)

use for the handling of food in the course of a business;

(b)

sell for the purpose of handling of food; or

(c)

import from anywhere other than an EEA State for the purpose of handling of food,

a plastic material or article which fails to meet the required standard.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article fails to meet the required standard if —

(a)

it has been manufactured with a prohibited monomer as described in regulation 4(2) or a prohibited additive as described in regulation 5(2); or

(b)

it does not meet the required standards set out in regulation 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.