UK Statutory Instrument SI 1998 United Kingdom

The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 6 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person5

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Restriction on the use, sale or importation of plastic materials and articles Regulated
  • Do not use, sell or import non-compliant plastic food-contact materialsAny Person
s.004 Restriction on manufacture with monomers Regulated
  • Do not manufacture plastic food-contact materials with unauthorised monomersAny Person
s.005 Restriction on manufacture with additives Regulated
  • Do not use prohibited additives in food-contact plasticsAny Person
s.008 Labelling Regulated
  • Provide written compliance declaration with non-retail food-contact plasticsAny Person
s.009 Enforcement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must enforce plastic food-contact material rules in their areaLocal authority
s.010 Offences Imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with plastic food contact material rulesAny Person
18 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, commencement and extent
s.001 Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Part... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 If a substance appearing in Part I of this Schedule... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 (1) The items identified in Part I of this Schedule... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 The fatty food simulants referred to in the Table are—... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Where a fatty food simulant specified in paragraph 4 of... (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Method of testing capability of transferring constituents
s.006 D. Selection of simulants for testing materials and articles which are accompanied by a specific indication (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Transfer of constituents
s.007 The simulant or simulants to be used in testing a... (opens in a new tab)
s.008 A specific indication referred to in paragraph 7 of this... (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Presumption as to food with which a plastic material or article is to come into contact
s.012 Application of other provisions
s.013 Amendment of existing Regulations
s.014 Revocation of existing Regulations
s.s.(2) If a substance identified in Part I of this Schedule...
s.s.(3) If, as indicated in paragraph 2 of Annex II to...
Schedules

Schedules

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12 other schedules
s.sch001 In regulation 4 and Part I of this Schedule—
s.sch002 In regulation 5 and Part I of this Schedule—
s.sch002 If a substance identified in Part I of this Schedule...
s.sch002 If, as indicated in paragraph 2 of Annex III to...
s.sch003 A. General provisions
s.sch003 Where any migration test specified in this Schedule and, where...
s.sch003 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, any testing of migration...
s.sch003 (1) Any sample of a plastic material or article shall...
s.sch003 Where a plastic material or article is intended to come...
s.sch003 B. Special provisions relating to overall migration
s.sch003 (1) Where a plastic material or article is intended to...
s.sch003 (1) Any plastic material or article which exceeds its overall...

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