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

18.  In Schedule 3 (provisions applicable when testing compliance with the migration limits)–

(a) in paragraph 4(3) and (4) of section A, after “specified in regulation” there shall be inserted “4(5A), 4A(4) or (5), 5(4A) or (4B) or”; and

(b) for sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 8 of section B there shall be substituted–

“(b) 12 mg/kg or, as the case may be, 2 milligrams per square decimeter in migration tests using other simulants referred to in Schedule 4.”.