The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made: 19th October 2006

Coming into Operation: 19th November 2006

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PART 1 — Preliminary

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Requirements for Materials and Articles

Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles

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Restriction on the use of monomers in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles

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Restriction on the use of additives in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles

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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of monomers

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Required standard for non-migration of constituents of additives

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Required standard for products obtained by bacterial fermentation

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Required standards relating to overall migration limits

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Required standard for non-migration of primary aromatic amines

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Method of testing the capability of plastic materials or articles to transfer constituents, and methods of analysis

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Labelling

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Provisions relating to the use of certain epoxy derivatives (BADGE, BFDGE and NOGE)

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PART 3 — Execution and Enforcement

Enforcement

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Offences and Penalties

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General defences

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Transitional defence relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxydised soybean oil

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Other transitional defences and savings

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Procedure where a sample is to be analysed

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Secondary analysis by the Chief Agricultural Analyst

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PART 4 — Application for Authorisation

Applications for inclusion of an additive in the Community list of authorised additives

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PART 5 — General and Supplementary

Application of provisions of the Order

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Amendment of the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

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Amendments to the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2005

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Supplementary provisions relating to Annexes II and III

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SCHEDULE 2 — Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits

General Provisions

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Special provisions relating to overall migration

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SCHEDULE 3 — Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants

PART 1 — Basic Rules

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PART 2 — Food Simulants to be used in Migration Testing

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PART 3 — Selection of Food Simulants

Testing, reduction factors and definition of food types

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Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles intended for contact with all food types

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Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food

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Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication

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PART 4 — Simulants to be used in relation to a Specific Food or Group of Foods

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PART 5 — Migration Test Conditions (Times and Temperatures)

General criteria

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Volatile migrants

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Special cases

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PART 6 — Substitute Fat Test for Overall and Specific Migration

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PART 7 — Alternative Fat Tests for Overall and Specific Migration

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 18th October 2006.

Don Hill — A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R.2004 Nos. 482 and 505

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No.1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No.L245, 29.9.2003, p.4)

[^f00004]: OJ No. L297, 23.10.1982, p.26

[^f00005]: OJ No. L222, 12.8.1997, p.10

[^f00006]: OJ No. L372, 31.12.1985, p.14

[^f00007]: OJ No. L184, 15.7.1988, p.61

[^f00008]: OJ No. L40, 11.2.1989, p. 27

[^f00009]: OJ No. L220, 15.8.2002, p.18

[^f00010]: OJ No. L7, 13.1.2004, p.45

[^f00011]: OJ No. L71, 10.3.2004, p.8

[^f00012]: OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.35

[^f00013]: S.R. 1998 No. 264, as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 402, S.R. 2002 No.316, S.R. 2003 No.2, S.R. 2004 No.493 and S.R. 2005 N0.49. It was revoked by S.R. 2006 No. 251

[^f00015]: OJ No. L178, 28.7.97, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/46, OJ No. L114, 21.4.2004, p.15

[^f00016]: OJ No. L226, 22.9.95, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/47, OJ No. L113, 20.4.2004, p.24

[^f00017]: OJ No. L339, 30.12.96, p.1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/95, OJ No. L283, 31.10.2003, p.71

[^f00018]: OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28

[^f00019]: Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4)

[^f00020]: OJ No. L175, 4.7.1991, p.35, as last amended by Directive 2003/14/EC (OJ No. L41, 14.2.2003, p.37)

[^f00021]: OJ No. L49, 28.2.1996, p.17, as last amended by Directive 2003/13/EC (OJ No. L41, 14.2.2003, p.33)

[^f00022]: S.R. 2006 No.251

[^f00023]: OJ No. L109, 6.5.2000, p.29, as last amended by Directive 2003/89/EC (OJ No. L308, 25.11.2003, p.15)

[^f00024]: S.R. 1991 No. 198

[^f00027]: S.R. 2006/ No. 251

[^f00028]: OJ No. L338, 13.11.2004, p.4

Editorial notes