Unofficial translation  
APPROVED  
by the Order of the Ministry of Health  of Ukraine  
No. 460 of 18 M arch 2024  
 
Registered with the Ministry  
 of Justice of Ukraine  
on 02 April 2024 No. 481/41826  
 
 
Special Requirements and Detailed Rules for Placing Plastic Kitchenware of 
Polyamide and of Melamine on the Market  
I. General provisions  
1. These Specific requirements and detailed rules provide requirements for placing plastic 
kitchenware of polyamide and  melamine on the market.  
2. In these Special requirements and detailed rules the terms are used in the following 
definitions:  
1) plastic kitchenware means plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact 
with food, which are classified under co de 3924 10 00 00 of the Ukrainian Classification of 
Goods for Foreign Economic Activity and fall under the following categories:  
materials and articles and their parts consisting exclusively of plastic;  
plastic multilayer materials and articles that are fa stened with glue or other means;  
materials and articles referred to in subparagraphs 2, 3 of this paragraph that are printed 
and/or coated;  
layers of plastic or plastic coatings forming gaskets in caps and plugs, which together with 
these caps and plugs fo rm a set of two or more layers of different types of materials;  
layers of plastic in multilayer materials and articles;  
2) consignment means a quantity of polyamide or melamine plastic kitchenware, covered by 
the same document(s), conveyed by the same mean s of transport and coming from the same 
country;  
3) first point of entry means the point of entry of a consignment into Ukraine at the state 
border.  
Other terms are used in the definitions provided in the Laws of Ukraine “On Basic 
Principles and Requiremen ts for Safety and Quality of Food Products” , “On State Control 
over Compliance with Legislation on Food, Feed, Animal By -Products, Animal Health and 
Welfare” , “On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food ”. 
 
 
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II. Conditions for placing on the market  
1. Plastic kitchenware of polyamide and melamine is placed on the market only if the 
consignment meets the requirements for the release of primary aromatic amines and 
formaldehyde  set out in the Special Requirements  for Plastic Materials and Articles 
Intended to Come into Contact with Foodstuffs, approved by Order of the Ministry of 
Health of Ukraine No. 2104 of 11 December 2023.  
To confirm compliance with the requirements specified in paragraph one of this clause, the 
market operator of materials and articles intended to come into  contact with food 
(hereinafter referred to as the market operator), shall submit a written declaration for each 
consignment of plastic kitchenware of polyamide and melamine to the State Se rvice of 
Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.  
The written declaration referred to in paragraph two of this clause shall be drawn up by the 
market operator in accordance with the requirements of Article 20 of the Law of Ukraine 
"On Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food" and the Requirements 
for a written declaration of the conformity of materials and articles intended to come into 
contact with food and the list of documents confirming the information specified in the 
decla ration, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine 
No. 1743  of 02 October 2023.  
2. The market operator or its representative shall inform (notify) the State Service of 
Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection on the arrival of such consignment at the 
first point of entry two working days in advance of the estimated date and time of arrival of 
the consignment of plastic kitchenware of polyamide and melamine.  
3. Primary aromatic amines shall not be released from polyami de plastic kitchenware into 
food or food simulants  in detectable quantity . 
The detection limit referred to in paragraph one of this clause  applies  to the sum of primary 
aromatic amines and is set at 0, 01 mg/kg food or food simulants . 
4. The quantity of formaldehyde released  from melamine plastic kitchenware shall not 
exceed 15 mg/kg food or food simulants.