# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998, Paragraph 3: A. Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types


Food types are defined in the Table to this paragraph (referred to in this Part of this Schedule as “Table 1”).
TABLE 1
Definition
Meaning
Aqueous foods having a pH> 4.5
Foods in relation to which simulant A only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule
Acidic foods having a pH<= 4.5
Foods in relation to which simulant B only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule
Alcoholic foods
Foods in relation to which simulant C only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule
Fatty foods
Foods in relation to which simulant D only is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule
Dry foods
Foods in relation to which no simulant is specified in the Table to Part IV of this Schedule

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1376/schedule/4/part/III/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1998/schedule-4/part-III/paragraph-3
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