Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

5.  In Schedule 2 (additives and supplementary)–

(a) in Part I–

(i) in the case of each additive listed in Part I of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the item number, PM/REF No, CAS No, name and restriction or specification specified for that additive in that Part shall be inserted in the appropriate numerical position for that item number,

(ii) in the case of the additive Bis (polyethyleneglycol) hydroxymethylphosphonate, there shall be inserted in column 2 (CAS No) the entry “68951-50-8”, and

(iii) in the case of the additive named in the first column of Part II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, for the entry for that additive specified opposite to it in column 4 (restrictions and specifications) there shall be substituted the entry for it specified in the second column (restrictions and specifications) of that Part; and

(b) in Part II–

(i) in the case of each additive listed in Part III of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the item number, PM/REF/No, CAS No, name and restriction or specification specified for that additive in that Part shall be inserted in the appropriate numerical position for that item number, and

(ii) in the case of each additive named in the first column of Part IV of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, for the entry for that additive specified opposite to it in column 4 (restrictions and specifications) there shall be substituted the entry for it specified in the second column (restrictions and specifications) of that Part; and

(c) in Part III–

(i) in note (11) of paragraph 4, after “36800” there shall be inserted “, 36840”, and

(ii) at the end of that paragraph there shall be added the following provisions–

“(22) 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. 13620, 36840, 40320 and 87040.

(23) 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. 13720 and 40580.

(24) 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. 16650 and 51570.”.