Prospective

SCHEDULE 4N.I.Overall and Specific Migration Testing Using Food Simulants

Part IIIN.I.Selection of Food Simulants

D.N.I.Selection of simulants for testing materials or articles which are accompanied by a specific indication

8.  A specific indication referred to in paragraph 7 is expressed in accordance with this paragraph if it is expressed—N.I.

(a)at a marketing stage other than retail, by using the reference number in column 1 of the Table to Part IV or the description of food in column 2 of that Table which, in either case, corresponds to the food;

(b)at the retail stage, by using an indication which refers to only a few foods or groups of foods described in the Table to Part IV.

TABLE 2
Simulants to be selected for testing food contact materials in special cases
Contact foodsSimulant
Only aqueous foodsSimulant A
Only acidic foodsSimulant B
Only alcoholic foodsSimulant C
Only fatty foodsSimulant D
All aqueous and acidic foodsSimulant B
All alcoholic and aqueous foodsSimulant C
All alcoholic and acidic foodsSimulant C and B
All fatty and aqueous foodsSimulant D and A
All fatty and acidic foodsSimulant D and B
All fatty, alcoholic and aqueous foodsSimulant D and C
All fatty, alcoholic and acidic foodsSimulant D, C and B

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 Pt. III(crossheading)(selection)(of)(simulants)(for)(testing)(materials)(or)(articles)(which)(are)(accompanied)(by)(a)(specific)(indication_paragraph)(8) in operation at 14.9.1998, see reg. 1