The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Amendment of Regulations

11.  In Schedule 2 (additives)—

(a) in Part I there shall be added an extra column, numbered “4” and headed “Restrictions and specifications”;

(b) the item number and letter, PM/REF No., CAS No., name restriction and specification (if any) for each additive identified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted in Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations at the place corresponding to the number and letter specified for that additive in the column headed “Item” in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(c) in Part I, for the entries in column 2 (CAS No.) and column 3 (name) for item 38 there shall be substituted the following—

087826- 41-3	Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol
069158- 41-1	Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol
054686- 97-4	Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol
081541- 12-0	Bis(methylbenzylidene) sorbitol

(d) in Part I, for the entry in column 2 (CAS No.) for item 179 there shall be substituted the entry “037244-96-5”;

(e) In Part I, item 195 and the entries for it shall be deleted; and

(f) in Part II, there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph—

“4.   Where an entry in column 4 (Restrictions and specifications) in Part I of this Schedule includes a bracketed number, that entry shall be subject to the note relating to that number as follows:

(1) Warning : there is a risk that the specific migration limit could be exceeded in fatty food simulants.

(3) SML (T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos.: 15760, 16990, 47680, 53650, 89440.

(6) SML (T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF/Nos.: 66560 and 66580.

(7) SML (T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos.: 30080, 42320, 45195, 45200, 53610, 81760, 89200, 92030.

(8) SML (T) in this specific case means that the restriction shall not be exceeded by the sum of the migration of the following substances mentioned as PM/REF Nos.: 85840 and 95725.

(10) Warning: there is a risk that the migration of the substance deteriorates the organoleptic characteristics of the food in contact and then, that the finished product does not comply with regulation 4(2) of the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1987 (1).”.

(1)

SI 1987/1523, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.