# The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (revoked) S.S.I. 2009/30 · made 3 February 2009 · revised to 22 December 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/ssi_20090030_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/ssien_20090030_en.pdf ## Introductory text FOOD Made 3rd February 2009 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 4th February 2009 Coming into force 7th March 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 Required standard relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents and methods of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Labelling and documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: EXECUTION AND ENFORCEMENT ## 15 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 General defences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18A Transitional defences relating to infant feeding bottles containing Bisphenol A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Procedure where a sample is to be analysed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Secondary analysis by the Government Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: 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 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO ANNEXES II AND III ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: 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 the fat reduction factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special provisions relating to the fat reduction factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Special provisions relating to the fat reduction factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Special provisions relating to the correction of specific migration in simulant D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Special provisions relating to overall migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Special provisions relating to caps, lids, gaskets, stoppers and similar sealing articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: OVERALL AND SPECIFIC MIGRATION TESTING USING FOOD SIMULANTS ### Part 1: BASIC RULES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: FOOD SIMULANTS TO BE USED IN MIGRATION TESTING ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: SELECTION OF FOOD SIMULANTS ## 1 Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 5: MIGRATION TEST CONDITIONS (TIMES AND TEMPERATURES) ## 1 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 General criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Volatile migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 6: SUBSTITUTE FAT TEST FOR OVERALL AND SPECIFIC MIGRATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 7: ALTERNATIVE FAT TESTS FOR OVERALL AND SPECIFIC MIGRATION ## 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3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/30 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-scotland-regulations-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.