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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2009 No. 481 (W. 49) xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
1. Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Part, migration tests for the determination of specific and overall migration must be carried out using the food simulants specified in Parts 2, 3 and, where appropriate 4, and under conventional migration test conditions as specified in Part 5.
4. In migration testing it is permissible to —
(b)omit the migration, the substitute or the alternative tests where —
(ii)the conditions for non-compulsory testing set out in Article 8(2) or 8(3) of the Directive are met.
2. For the purposes of this Schedule a reference to an abbreviation in column 1 of the Table means a reference to the simulant in column 1 of that Table opposite that abbreviation.
3. The characteristics of rectified olive oil referred to in the Table are —
4. The fatty food simulants referred to in the Table are —
No of C-atoms in fatty acid residue 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 others
GLC area (%) 1 6—9 8—11 45—52 12—15 8—10 8—12 1
Iodine value ≤0.1%
5. Where a fatty food simulant specified in paragraph 4 is used in migration testing and the result of that test shows that a plastic material or article does not comply with any migration limit specified in regulation 9 or the Annexes, verification that the plastic material or article does not comply with the specified migration must be carried out by testing that material or article using olive oil if such testing is technically feasible, and if such testing is not technically feasible the plastic material or article will be deemed not to comply with the specified migration limit.
1. The testing of plastic materials and articles must be carried out under the test conditions specified in Part 5 using a simulant or simulants selected in accordance with this Part and taking a new test specimen of the plastic material or article for each simulant used.
2.—(1) Where a test is carried out on a plastic material or article intended to come into contact with more than one food or group of foods and a reduction factor is specified for one or more of those foods or groups of foods which is not equivalent to the reduction factor specified for one or more of the other foods or groups of foods with which the plastic material or article is intended to come into contact —
(a)the reduction factor specified for each food or group of foods, as appropriate, must be applied to the test result; and
(b)the plastic material or article must be treated as being capable of transferring its constituents to food with which it may come into contact in excess of a migration limit specified in regulation 9 or the Annexes if, following application of those specified reduction factors, one or more of the results show that the material or article does not comply with that specified migration limit.
(2) For the purpose of this paragraph —
(b)a reduction factor is specified for a food or group of foods where, in the Table to Part 4 —
(c)a reduction factor will be applied to a test result by dividing the result by that reduction factor.
3. Food types are defined in Table 1 below as follows —
Acidic foods having a pH ≤ 4.5 Foods in relation to which simulant B only is specified in Table to Part 4
5. The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a plastic material or article which is already in contact with a known food will be —
(a)where —
(ii) for the purposes of that Part, a simulant is, or simulants are, specified in relation to that specific food or specific group of foods,
(ii) within a specific group of foods described in the Table to Part 4 of this Schedule,
6. The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a plastic material or article which, pursuant to Regulation 1935/2004 is accompanied by a specific indication stating any type or types of food described in Table 1 with which it may or may not be used will be the simulant or simulants in column 2 of Table 2 opposite the contact food in column 1 of that Table which corresponds most closely to the type or types of food with which it may be used, as identified by the indication which accompanies the plastic material or article.
7. The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a plastic material or article which, pursuant to Regulation 1935/2004, is accompanied by a specific indication, expressed in accordance with paragraph 8, stating any food or group of foods described in the Table to Part 4 with which it may or may not be used will be —
(b)where the indication states that the plastic material or article should not be used with any food or group of foods described in column 2 of Table to Part 4, a simulant other than one specified, for the purposes of Part 4, in relation to that food or group of foods.
8. A specific indication referred to in paragraph 7 is expressed in accordance with this paragraph if it is expressed —
(a)at a marketing stage other than retail, by using the reference number in column 1 of the Table to Part 4 of these Regulations or the description of food in column 2 of that Table which, in either case, corresponds to the food;
1. For the purposes of this Schedule a simulant is specified in relation to a specific food or a specific group of foods where “X” is placed in the column headed by that simulant opposite that specific food or specific group of foods in the Table to this Part, and the Table will be read in conjunction with the notes to it and with paragraphs 2 to 5.
2. For the purposes of this Part —
(b)a reduction factor is specified in relation to a specific food or group of foods where, in the Table —
(ii)“X” is placed in a column headed by a specified simulant opposite that food or group of foods followed by an oblique stroke and a reduction factor.
4.—(1) Where the letter “a” is shown in brackets after the “X”, only one of the two simulants specified will be used in the migration test, that is to say —
(a)if the pH value of the food is higher than 4.5, simulant A will be used;
(b)if the pH value of the foodstuff is 4.5 or less, simulant B will be used.
(2) Where the letter “b” is shown in brackets after the “X”, the indicated test will be carried out with ethanol 50% (v/v).
Simulant B will not be used where the pH is more than 4.5.
This test will be carried out in the case of liquids or beverages of an alcoholic strength exceeding 10% vol. with aqueous solutions of ethanol of a similar strength.
If it can be demonstrated under regulation 13(2) or proved by means of an appropriate test that there is to be no fatty contact with the plastic material or article, simulant D will not be used.
01.01 Non-alcoholic beverages or alcoholic beverages of an alcoholic strength lower than 5% vol: X(a) X(a)
— Waters, ciders, fruit or vegetable juices of normal strength or concentrated, musts, fruit nectars, lemonades and mineral waters, syrups, bitters, infusions, coffee, tea, liquid chocolate, beers and other
01.02 Alcoholic beverages of an alcoholic strength equal to or exceeding 5% vol.
— Beverages shown under heading 01.01 but with an alcoholic strength equal to or exceeding 5% vol.
— Wines, spirits and liqueurs X(1) X(2)
01.03 Miscellaneous: undenatured ethyl alcohol X(1) X(2)
02.06 Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other bakers' wares, fresh
— with fatty substances on the surface X/5
— with fatty substances on the surface X/3
— moist X
C Fruit preserves (jams and similar products
— whole fruit or chunks or in the form of flour or powder, preserved in a liquid medium):
— i) In an aqueous medium X(a) X(a)
— ii) In an oily medium X(a) X(a) X
— iii) In an alcoholic medium > 5% vol X(1) X
— iii) In an alcoholic medium (> 5% vol) X(1) X
05.01 Animal and vegetable fats and oils, whether natural or treated (including cocoa butter, lard, re-solidified butter) X
A Whole X(b)
B Partly dried X(b)
C Skimmed or partly skimmed X(b)
07.02 Fermented milk such as yoghurt, buttermilk and such products in association with fruit and fruit products X X(b)
07.03 Cream and sour cream X(a) X(b)
A Whole, with non-edible rind
B All others X(a) X(a) X/3(3)
— i) With fatty substances on the surface X/5
— ii) Other
— i) With fatty substances on the surface X(a) X(a) X/3
— ii) Other X(a) X(a)
08.16 Aromatic herbs and other herbs: