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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1998/schedule-4/part-V/paragraph-8",
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  "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/V/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "C. Special cases",
  "text": "The Table to this Part of this Schedule shall be read with the notes to it.\nTABLE\nConditions of contact in worst foreseeable use\nTest conditions\nContact time\nTest time\nt<=5 minutes\n5 minutes<t<=0.5 hours\n0.5 hours\n0.5 hours<t<=0.5 hours\n1 hour\n1 hour<t<=2 hours\n2 hours\n2 hours<t<=4 hours\n4 hours\n4 hours<t<=24 hours\n24 hours\nt>24 hours\n10 days\ncontact temperature\nTest temperature\nNOTES:\n(1) The period of time which represents the worst foreseeable conditions of contact.\n(2) This temperature shall be used only for simulant D. For simulant A, B or C the test may be replaced by a test at 100°C or at reflux temperature for a duration of four times the time selected in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule.\nT<=5°C\n5°C\n5°C<T<=20°C\n20°C\n20°C<T<=40°C\n40°C\n40°C<T<=70°C\n70°C\n70°C<T<=100°C\n100°C or reflux temperature\n100°C<T<=121°C\n121°C\n121°C<T<=130°C\n130°C\n130°C<T<=150°C\n150°C\nT>150°C\n175°C",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(*) Simulant B shall not be used where the pH is more than 4.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(2) This temperature shall be used only for simulant D. For simulant A, B or C the test may be replaced by a test at 100°C or at reflux temperature for a duration of four times the time selected in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Part of this Schedule."
    }
  ],
  "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/V/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}