{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/127",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation",
  "text": "A product obtained by bacterial fermentation meets the required standard under this regulation if it is–\n(a) of good technical quality;\n(b) identified by PM/REF No, CAS No and name in columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively of Annex IV; and\n(c) in compliance with the restrictions and specifications set out in column 4 of that Annex.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/127",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/127/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:29:56.724089+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."
}