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

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 and letter, PM/REF No. , CAS No. , name and restriction or specification specified for that additive in Part I of Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted in the appropriate numerical position for that item number and letter;

(ii) in the case of the entry at item number 38B for the additive Bis (polyethyleneglycol) hydroxymethylphosphonate, there shall be inserted in column 2 of that Part (CAS No. ) the entry “68951 – 50 – 8”; and

(iii) in the case of the additive listed of Part II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, for the entry for that additive in Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the entry for it specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(b) in Part II–

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

(ii) in the case of each additive listed 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 of Part II of Schedule 2 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 IV of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; 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 paragraph 4, there shall be inserted–

“(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.”.