{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1998/schedule-4/part-III/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1998/schedule-4/part-III/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1376",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/III/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "A. Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types",
  "text": "Food types are defined in the Table to this paragraph (referred to in this Part of this Schedule as “Table 1”).\nTABLE 1\nDefinition\nMeaning\nAqueous foods having a pH> 4.5\nFoods in relation to which simulant A only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule\nAcidic foods having a pH<= 4.5\nFoods in relation to which simulant B only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule\nAlcoholic foods\nFoods in relation to which simulant C only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule\nFatty foods\nFoods in relation to which simulant D only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule\nDry foods\nFoods in relation to which no simulant is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/325",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (W)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2005/1649",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (S)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/92",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1376/schedule/4/part/III/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:28:07.252534+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}