Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 10)

CHAPTER II U.K. COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 2 U.K. General requirements, restrictions and specifications

Article 12 U.K. Overall migration limit

1. Plastic materials and articles shall not transfer their constituents to food simulants in quantities exceeding 10 milligrams of total constituents released per dm² of food contact surface (mg/dm²).

2. By derogation from paragraph 1, plastic materials and articles intended to be brought into contact with food intended for infants and young children, as defined by Commission Directives 2006/141/EC(1) and 2006/125/EC(2), shall not transfer their constituents to food simulants in quantities exceeding 60 milligrams of total of constituents released per kg of food simulant.

(1)

OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)

OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 16.