The Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“ceramic article” means an article—

(a)

manufactured from a mixture of inorganic materials with a generally high argillaceous or silicate content to which small quantities of organic materials may have been added. Such an article is first shaped and the shape thus obtained is permanently fixed by firing. It may be glazed, enamelled and/or decorated; and

(b)

which, in its finished state, is intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, or which is in contact with foodstuffs, and is intended for that purpose;

but does not include an article which is supplied as an antique;

“the Community” means the member States, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

“import” means release into the UK for free circulation in the Community; and

“place on the market” means the holding of ceramic articles for the purpose of sale, including offering for sale or any other form of transfer, whether free of charge or not, and the sale, distribution and other forms of transfer themselves.