# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.S.I. 2006/314 · made 7 June 2006 · revised to 19 November 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/ssi_20060314_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/ssien_20060314_en.pdf ## Introductory text FOOD Made 7th June 2006 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th June 2006 Coming into force 30th June 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Requirements for Plastic 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 Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Labelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Execution and Enforcement ## 14 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Offences and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 General defences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transitional defences and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Procedure where a sample is to be analysed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Application for Authorisation ## 20 Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: General and Supplementary ## 21 Application of provisions of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Amendment to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Authorised Monomers ## 1 List of Monomers with Restrictions and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Supplementary ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Authorised Additives ## 1 Incomplete List of Additives Used in the Manufacture of Plastic Materials and Articles (not being Additives to which Paragraph 5 of Part 3 of this Schedule Applies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Incomplete List of Additives Used in the Manufacture of Plastic Materials and Articles (Being Additives to which Paragraph 5 of Part 3 of this Schedule Applies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Supplementary ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Products Obtained by Bacterial Fermentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits ## 1 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants ### Part 1: Basic Rules ## 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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 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: Simulants to be used in relation to a Specific Food or Group of Foods ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.