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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006/schedule-6/part-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1401",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/2/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Subject to Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7, the simulants to be used in migration testing are specified in the Table to this paragraph (referred to in this Part as “the Table”).\n1\nAbbreviation\n2\nFood Simulant\nSimulant A:\nDistilled water or water of equivalent quality\nSimulant B:\n3% Acetic acid (w/v) in aqueous solution\nSimulant C:\n10% Ethanol (v/v) in aqueous solution save that the concentration of ethanol solution shall be adjusted to the actual alcoholic strength of the food if it exceeds 10% (v/v)\nSimulant D:\nRectified olive oil having the characteristics specified in paragraph 3 of this Part of this Schedule or, subject to paragraph 5 of this Part of this Schedule, any of the fatty food simulants specified in paragraph 4 of this Part of this Schedule",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1401/schedule/6/part/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:28:33.333266+00:00"
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  "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."
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