http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/450/chapter/II/section/2Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009R0450texttext/xmlen2025-05-27Expert Participation2025-04-01 CHAPTER II<Strong>COMPOSITION</Strong>SECTION 2<Strong><Emphasis>Conditions of use for substances <Substitution ChangeId="key-8453b4baa1c0b54fa57355e3458210f4-1747901716257" CommentaryRef="key-8453b4baa1c0b54fa57355e3458210f4">referred to in Article 5(2)</Substitution> </Emphasis></Strong>Substances referred to in Article 5(2)(a) and (b)Article 91Released active substances, as referred to in Article 5(2)(a) of this Regulation and substances added or incorporated by techniques such as grafting or immobilisation, as referred to in Article 5(2)(b) of this Regulation, shall be used in full compliance with assimilated law and any other enactment applicable to food, and shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and, when applicable, its implementing measures.2The amount of a released active substance shall not be included in the value of the measured overall migration, in cases where an overall migration limit (OML) is established in a specific ... measure for the food contact material in which the component is incorporated.3Without prejudice to Article 4(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, the amount of a released active substance may exceed the specific restriction established for that substance in assimilated law or any other enactment relating to the food contact materials in which the component is incorporated provided it complies with the assimilated law applicable to food, or, where no such provisions exist, with the national provisions applicable to food.Substances referred to in Article 5(2)(c)Article 101The migration into food of the substances from components which are not in direct contact with food or the environment surrounding the food, as referred to in Article 5(2)(c) of this Regulation, shall not exceed 0,01 mg/kg, measured with statistical certainty by a method of analysis in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.2The limit provided for in paragraph 1 shall always be expressed as a concentration in foods. It shall apply to a group of substances, if they are structurally and toxicologically related, in particular isomers or substances with the same relevant functional group, and shall include possible set-off transfer. OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 61(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 9(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 61(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 61(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), regs. 1, 61(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 9 substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 17(b)Words in Section 2 heading substituted (1.4.2025) by The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/361), regs. 1(2), 12(8) (with reg. 23)