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The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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The Regulations provide for the implementation of the following Directives and the enforcement of the following EU Regulations —Council Directive 78/142/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L44, 15.2.1978, p.15) (“Directive 78/142”);Council Directive 84/500/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L277, 20.10.1984, p.12) (“Directive 84/500”);Commission Directive 2007/42/EC relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (OJ No. L172, 30.6.2007, p.71) (“Directive 2007/42”);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) (“Regulation 1935/2004”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L302, 19.11.2005, p.28) (“Regulation 1895/2005”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L384, 29.12.2006, p.75) (“Regulation 2023/2006”);Commission Regulation (EC) No. 450/2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L135, 30.5.2009, p.3) (“Regulation 450/2009”); andCommission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ No. L12, 15.1.2011, p.1) (“Regulation 10/2011”).

The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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The Regulated Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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The Regulated Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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PART 5Requirements for Regenerated Cellulose Film

Interpretation of this Part11

1

In this Part —

a

“regenerated cellulose film” means a thin sheet material obtained from refined cellulose derived from unrecycled wood or cotton, with or without the addition of suitable substances, either in the mass or on one or both surfaces, but does not include synthetic casings of regenerated cellulose;

b

“URCF” means uncoated regenerated cellulose film;

c

“CRCF” means coated regenerated cellulose film with coating derived from cellulose; and

d

“PRCF” means coated regenerated cellulose film with coating consisting of plastics.

2

This Part applies to regenerated cellulose film which —

a

constitutes a finished product in itself; or

b

is part of a finished product containing other materials,

and is intended to come into contact with food or, by being used for that purpose, does come into contact with food.

3

Except in regulation 12(3), any reference in this Part to a numbered Annex is a reference to that Annex to Directive 2007/42/EC.