# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 5: Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food


The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a plastic material or article which is already in contact with a known food shall be —
(a) where —
(i) the known food is a specific food or is within a specific group of foods described in column 2 of the Table to Part 4 and,
(ii) for the purposes of that Part, a simulant is, or simulants are, specified in relation to that specific food or specific group of foods,
the simulant or simulants so specified;
(b) where —
(i) the known food is neither a specific food, nor
(ii) within a specific group of foods described in the Table to Part 4 of this Schedule,
the simulant or simulants in column 2 of Table 2 opposite the description of food in column 1 of that Table which corresponds most closely to the known food.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1401/schedule/6/part/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006/schedule-6/part-3/paragraph-5
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