Amendment of Regulations11

In Schedule 2 (additives)—

a

in Part I there shall be added an extra column, numbered “4” and headed “Restrictions and specifications”;

b

the item number and letter, PM/REF No., CASNo., name, restriction and specification (if any) for each additive identified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted in Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations at the place corresponding to the number and letter specified for that additive in the column headed “Item” in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

c

in Part I, for the entries in column 2 (CASNo.) and column 3 (name) for item 38 there shall be substituted the following—

087826–41–3 Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol

069158–41–4 ” ” ”

054686–97–4 ” ” ”

081541–12–0 ” ” ”

d

in Part I, for the entry in column 2 (CASNo.) for item 179 there shall be substituted the entry “037244–96–5”;

e

in Part I, item 195 and the entries for it shall be deleted; and

f

in Part II, there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph—

4

Where an entry in column 4 (restrictions and specifications) in Part 1 includes a bracketed number, that entry shall be subject to the note relating to that number as follows:

1

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

3

SML(T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos: 15760, 16990, 47680, 53650, 89440.

6

SML(T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF/Nos: 66560 and 66580.

7

SML(T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos: 30080, 42320, 45195, 45200, 53610, 81760, 89200, 92030.

8

SML (T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos: 85840 and 95725.

10

Warning: there is a risk that the migration of the substance deteriorates the organoleptic characteristics of the food in contact and then that the finished product does not comply with regulation 4(2) of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19877.