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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/1376 · Made 1 June 1998

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Made 1st June 1998

Laid before Parliament 4th June 1998

Coming into force 1st July 1998

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(2), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3), 31 and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990f1, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to materials and articles in contact with food or drink or intended for such contact, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) in so far as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers hereinbefore mentioned; and in exercise of all other powers enabling the said Minister and aforesaid Secretaries of State in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40).

f2

S.I. 1976/2141.

f3

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and extent
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Restriction on the use, sale or importation of plastic materials and articles
  4. 4Restriction on manufacture with monomers
  5. 5Restriction on manufacture with additives
  6. 6Method of testing capability of transferring constituents
  7. 7Transfer of constituents
  8. 8Labelling
  9. 9Enforcement
  10. 10Offences
  11. 11Presumption as to food with which a plastic material or article is to come into contact
  12. 12Application of other provisions
  13. 13Amendment of existing Regulations
  14. 14Revocation of existing Regulations
  15. Signature
  16. Schedule 1
  17. Part I: Authorised Monomers
  18. SECTION AMonomers authorised without time limit
  19. SECTION BMonomers authorised up to the end of 2001
  20. SECTION CMonomers authorised up to the end of 1998
  21. Part II: Supplementary
  22. 1Paragraph 1
  23. 2Paragraph 2
  24. 3Paragraph 3
  25. 2Paragraph 2
  26. 3Paragraph 3
  27. Schedule 2
  28. IAdditives
  29. Part II: SUPPLEMENTARY
  30. 1Paragraph 1
  31. 2Paragraph 2
  32. 3Paragraph 3
  33. Schedule 3: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN TESTING COMPLIANCE WITH THE MIGRATION LIMITS
  34. 1A. General provisions
  35. 2A. General provisions
  36. 3A. General provisions
  37. 4A. General provisions
  38. 5A. General provisions
  39. 6B. Special provisions relating to overall migration
  40. 7B. Special provisions relating to overall migration
  41. 8B. Special provisions relating to overall migration
  42. Schedule 4: OVERALL AND SPECIFIC MIGRATION TESTING USING FOOD SIMULANTS
  43. Part I: Basic Rules
  44. 1Paragraph 1
  45. 2Paragraph 2
  46. 3Paragraph 3
  47. Part II: Food Simulants to be used in Migration Testing
  48. 1Paragraph 1
  49. 2Paragraph 2
  50. 3Paragraph 3
  51. 4Paragraph 4
  52. 5Paragraph 5
  53. Part III: Selection of Food Simulants
  54. 1A. Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types
  55. 2A. Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types
  56. 3A. Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types
  57. 4B. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles intended for contact with all food types
  58. 5C. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food
  59. 6D. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication
  60. 7D. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication
  61. 8D. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication
  62. Part IV: Simulants to be used in relation to a specific food or a specific group of foods
  63. 1Paragraph 1
  64. 2Paragraph 2
  65. 3Paragraph 3
  66. 4Paragraph 4
  67. 5Paragraph 5
  68. Part V: Migration Test Conditions (Times and Temperatures)
  69. 1A. General criteria
  70. 2A. General criteria
  71. 3A. General criteria
  72. 4B. Volatile migrants
  73. 5C. Special cases
  74. 6C. Special cases
  75. 7C. Special cases
  76. 8C. Special cases
  77. Part VI: Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration
  78. 1Paragraph 1
  79. 2Paragraph 2
  80. 3Paragraph 3
  81. 4Paragraph 4
  82. 5Paragraph 5
  83. 6Paragraph 6
  84. Part VII: Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration
  85. 1Paragraph 1
  86. 2Paragraph 2
  87. 3Paragraph 3
  88. Explanatory note