The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2002

Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

15.  In Schedule 1 (monomers authorised without time limit, monomers authorised up to the end of 2001, monomers authorised up to the end of 1998 and supplementary)–

(a) in Section A of Part I–

(i) in the case of each monomer listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, the item number and letter, PM/REF No, CAS No. (if any), name and restriction or specification specified for that monomer in that Part shall be inserted in the appropriate numerical position for that item number and letter;

(ii) in the case of each monomer listed in the third column of Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, for the item number and letter for that monomer specified opposite to it in the first column of Section A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (item) there shall be substituted the item number and letter for it specified in the second column (new item) of Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(iii) in the case of each monomer listed in the first column of Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, for the entry for that monomer specified opposite to it in column 4 of Section A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (restrictions and specifications) there shall be substituted the entry for it specified in the second column (restrictions and specifications) of Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(b) for Section B of Part I there shall be substituted Part IV of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(c) in Part II, for paragraph 4 there shall be substituted–

“4.   Where an entry in column 4 of Part I of this Schedule (restrictions and specifications) includes a bracketed number, that entry shall be subject to a note relating to that number as follows, the following bracketed numbers corresponding with those appearing in that Part:

(1) Warning: there is a risk that the specific migration limit could be exceeded in fatty food simulants.

(2) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 10060 and 23920.

(3) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 15760, 16990, 47680, 53650 and 89440.

(4) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 19540, 19960 and 64800.

(5) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 14200, 14230 and 41840.

(14) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 15970, 48640, 48720, 48880, 61280, 61360 and 61600.

(21) SML(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration levels of the substances having PM/REF Nos. 17260 and 18670.”.