SCHEDULE 3Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants
PART 3Selection of Food Simulants
Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are already in contact with a known food5
The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a plastic material or article which is already in contact with a known food shall be–
a
where–
i
the known food is a specific food or is within a specific group of foods described in column 2 of the Table to Part 4 and,
ii
for the purposes of that Part, a simulant is, or simulants are, specified in relation to that specific food or specific group of foods,
the simulant or simulants so specified;
b
where–
i
the known food is neither a specific food, nor
ii
within a specific group of foods described in the Table to Part 4,
the simulant or simulants in column 2 of Table 2 opposite the description of food in column 1 of that Table which corresponds most closely to the known food.