# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2008 (revoked) S.I. 2008/916 · made 31 March 2008 · revised to 7 March 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksi_20080916_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20080916_en.pdf ## Introductory text Food, England Made 31st March 2008 Laid before Parliament 3rd April 2008 Coming into force for the purpose of regulation 29(c) 1st July 2008 for all other purposes 1st May 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BDGE and NOGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Labelling and documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Execution and Enforcement ## 15 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Offences and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Offences by corporate bodies or Scottish partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Time limit for prosecutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Offences due to the act or default of a third party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Defence of exercising due diligence etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Other transitional defences and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Procedure where a sample is to be analysed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Application for Authorisation ## 25 Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: General and Supplementary ## 26 Application of provisions of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 the fat reduction factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Special provisions relating to the correction of specific migration in simulant D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Special provisions relating to caps, lids, gaskets, stoppers and similar sealing articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants ### Part 1: Basic Rules ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Food Simulants to be used in Migration Testing ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Selection of Food Simulants ## 1 Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Volatile migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 6: Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 7: Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Information to be contained in a declaration of compliance ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/916 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2008-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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