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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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These Regulations revoke the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, (S.R. 2006 No. 420) and re-enact those Regulations with certain changes. The main changes are —implementation of the further amendments made to Commission Directive 2002/72/EC and to Council Directive 85/572/EEC by Commission 2007/19/EC (corrected version at OJ No. L 97, 12.4.2007, p.50) (“the new Commission Directive”), which introduces new specifications and restrictions relating to plastic multi-layer materials and articles and to substances used in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles in contact with food in general, and amends certain specifications relating to migration testing in fatty foods; andprovision that a reference in these Regulations to an Annex to Commission Directive 2002/72/EC is to be construed as a reference to that Annex as it may be amended from time to time.

The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked)

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SCHEDULE 2Provisions Applicable when Testing Compliance with the Migration Limits

Special provisions relating to the fat reduction factor40

If use of the FRF under paragraph 6 or 7(2) produces a result that indicates the overall migration limit has been exceeded, the plastic material or article in question shall not be considered to be in compliance.