LegalizeThe Ceramic Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Made: 28th April 2006
Laid before Parliament: 28th April 2006
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
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Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Limits on the transfer of lead and cadmium
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Declaration of Compliance
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Enforcement
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Offences and penalties
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Application of the Food Safety Act 1990
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1 — Maximum quantities of lead and cadmium which may be transferred from a ceramic article (migration limits)
The quantity of lead and/or cadmium extracted during the test carried out under the conditions laid down in Schedule 2 shall not exceed the following limits:
| Lead | Cadmium | |
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| Category 1: Articles which cannot be filled and articles which can be filled, the internal depth of which, measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane passing through the upper rim, does not exceed 25 mm | 0.8 mg/dm² | 0.07 mg/dm² |
| Category 2: All other articles which can be filled | 4.0 mg/l | 0.3mg/l |
| Category 3: Cooking ware, packaging and storage vessels having a capacity of more than three litres | 1.5 mg/l | 0.1 mg/l |
Where a ceramic article does not exceed the above quantities by more than 50%, that article shall nevertheless be recognised as satisfying the requirements of these Regulations if at least three other articles with the same shape, dimensions, decoration and glaze are subjected to a test carried out under the conditions laid down in Schedule 2 and the average quantities of lead and/or cadmium extracted from those articles do not exceed the limits set, with none of those articles exceeding those limits by more than 50%.
Where a ceramic article consists of a vessel fitted with a ceramic lid, the lead and/or cadmium limit which may not be exceeded (mg/dm2 or mg/litre) shall be that which applies to the vessel alone. The vessel alone and the inner surface of the lid shall be tested separately and under the same conditions; the sum of the two lead and/or cadmium extraction levels obtained shall be related as appropriate to the surface area or the volume of the vessel alone.
SCHEDULE 2 — TESTING OF CERAMIC ARTICLES
PART I — BASIC RULES FOR DETERMINING THE MIGRATION OF LEAD AND CADMIUM
Test liquid (“simulant”)
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Test conditions
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Filling
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Determination of the surface area
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PART II — METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE MIGRATION OF LEAD AND CADMIUM
Object and field of application
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Principle
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Reagents
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Performance criteria of the instrumental method of analysis
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Method
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SCHEDULE 3 — DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE
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Signed
LEWIS MACDONALD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2006-04-28
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1990 c. 16; section 1(1) and (2) (definition of “food”) was substituted by S.I. 2004/2990; section 17(1) and (2) was amended by the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12(a); section 26(3) was amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(4) and Schedule 6; sections 31 and 48(1) were amended by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 8; amendments made by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5 shall be taken as pre-commencement enactments for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. The functions of the Secretary of State, so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. In so far as not so transferred, those functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849).
[^f00002]: 1987 c. 43.
[^f00003]: Section 48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 21.
[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 31, 1.2.02, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1642/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 245, 29.9.03, p.4).
[^f00005]: Section 36A was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 40(1) and Sch. 5, para. 16.
[^f00006]: S.I. 1988/1647.
[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2005/616.
[^f00008]: O.J. L 277, 20.10.84, p.12.
[^f00009]: O.J. L 110, 30.9.05, p.36.
[^f00010]: O.J. L 338, 13.11.04, p.4.
The quantity of lead and/or cadmium extracted during the test carried out under the conditions laid down in Schedule 2 shall not exceed the following limits:
| Lead | Cadmium | |
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| Category 1: Articles which cannot be filled and articles which can be filled, the internal depth of which, measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane passing through the upper rim, does not exceed 25 mm | 0.8 mg/dm² | 0.07 mg/dm² |
| Category 2: All other articles which can be filled | 4.0 mg/l | 0.3mg/l |
| Category 3: Cooking ware, packaging and storage vessels having a capacity of more than three litres | 1.5 mg/l | 0.1 mg/l |
Where a ceramic article does not exceed the above quantities by more than 50%, that article shall nevertheless be recognised as satisfying the requirements of these Regulations if at least three other articles with the same shape, dimensions, decoration and glaze are subjected to a test carried out under the conditions laid down in Schedule 2 and the average quantities of lead and/or cadmium extracted from those articles do not exceed the limits set, with none of those articles exceeding those limits by more than 50%.
Where a ceramic article consists of a vessel fitted with a ceramic lid, the lead and/or cadmium limit which may not be exceeded (mg/dm2 or mg/litre) shall be that which applies to the vessel alone. The vessel alone and the inner surface of the lid shall be tested separately and under the same conditions; the sum of the two lead and/or cadmium extraction levels obtained shall be related as appropriate to the surface area or the volume of the vessel alone.
Editorial notes
[^key-7c4289ee677be28120abe51596c2f33d]: Regulations revoked (22.12.2012) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/318), reg. 1, sch. 2 (with reg. 3)
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