The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

4.  In Schedule 1 (monomers authorised without time limit, monomers authorised up to the end of 2001, monomers authorised up to the end of 1998 and supplementary)–

(a) in Section A of Part I–

(i) in the case of each monomer listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, the item number and letter, PM/REF No. , CAS No. , name and restriction or specification (if any) specified for that monomer in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be inserted in the appropriate numerical position for that item number and letter;

(ii) in the case of each monomer listed in the third column of Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, for the item number and letter for that monomer specified opposite to it in the first column of section A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (item) there shall be substituted the item number and letter for it specified in the second column (new item) of Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(iii) in the case of the monomer Bis (4-isocyanatocyclohexyl) methane (item 43), for the entry for that monomer specified in column 1 (PM/REF/No. ) there shall be substituted the entry “13560”; and

(iv) in the case of each monomer listed in the first column of Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, for the entry for that monomer specified opposite to it in column 4 of section A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (restrictions and specifications) there shall be substituted the entry for it specified in the second column (restrictions and specifications) of Part III of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(b) in Section B of Part I, all the entries for the monomers listed in Part IV of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be omitted; and

(c) in Part II, there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph 4–

“(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.

(25) QM(T) in this case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the residual quantities of the substances having PM/REF/Nos. 14950, 15700, 16240, 16570, 16600, 16630, 18640, 19110, 22332, 22420, 22570, 25210, 25240 and 25270.”.