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The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

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Publication 2002-12-04

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Made: 4th December 2002

Laid before Parliament: 11th December 2002

Coming into force: 28th February 2003

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Title, extent and commencement

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Amendments to the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998

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Amendment to the Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990

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SCHEDULE 1

PART I — LIST OF MONOMERS TO BE ADDED TO SECTION A OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Item	PM/REF No	CAS No	Name	Restrictions and specifications
33B	13075	00091-76-9	Benzoguanamine	see “2,4-Diamino-6-Phenyl-1,3,5-Triazine”
47B	13620	10043-35-3	Boric acid	SML(T) - 6 mg/kg (22) (expressed as boron) without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 98/83/EC on water for human consumption[^f00006].
49A	13720	00110-63-4	1,4-Butanediol	SML(T) = 0.05 mg/kg (23)
76A	15310	00091-76-9	2,4-Diamino-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine	QMA = 5 mg/6 ²
92A	16650	00127-63-9	Diphenyl sulphone	SML(T) = 3 mg/kg (24)
93A	16690	01321-74-0	Divinylbenzene	QMA = 0.01 mg/6 dm² of SML = ND (DL = 0.02 mg/kg, analytical tolerance included) for the sum of divinylbenzene and ethylvinylbenzene and in compliance with the specifications laid down in Schedule 2B.
93C	16697	00693-23-2	n-Dodecanedioic Acid
120A	18897	16712-64-4	6-Hydroxy-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
120B	18898	103-90-2	N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl) acetamide	Only to be used in liquid crystals and behind a barrier layer in multi-layered plastics.
147B	22332	28679-16-5	Mixture of (40% w/w) 2,2,4-trimethylhexane-1,6-diisocyanate and (60% w/w) 2,4,4-trimethylhexane-1,6-diisocyanate	QM(T) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
217A	25840	03290-92-4	1,1,1-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate	SML = 0.05 mg/kg

PART II — LIST OF MONOMERS FOR WHICH THE ENTRY CONTAINED IN THE FIRST COLUMN (ITEM) OF SECTION A OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS IS TO BE AMENDED

Item	Name
49B	1,4-Butanediol bis(2,3-epoxypropyl)ether
49C	1,4-Butanediol formal
76B	1,6-Diamino-2,2,4-trimethylhexane
76C	1,6-Diamino-2,4,4-trimethylhexane
93B	N,N'-Divinyl-2-imidazolidone
93D	1-Dodecene
217B	Trioxane

PART III — LIST OF MONOMERS FOR WHICH THE ENTRY CONTAINED IN COLUMN 4 (RESTRICTIONS) OF SECTION A OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS IS TO BE AMENDED

Name	Restrictions and specifications
Chlorotrifluoroethylene	QMA = 0.5 mg/6 dm²
Cyclohexyl isocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Dicyclohexylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
3,3'-Dimethyl-4,4'-diisocyanatobiphenyl	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Diphenylether-4,4'-diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Diphenylmethane-2,4'-diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Diphenylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Hexamethylene dissocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
1-isocyanato-3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
1,5-Naphthalene diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
Octadecyl isocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
2,4-Toluene diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
2,6-Toluene diisocyanate	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)
2,4-Toluene diisocyanate dimer	QM(T ) = 1 mg/kg (expressed as NCO) (25)

PART IV — LIST OF MONOMERS FOR WHICH ALL THE ENTRIES CONTAINED IN SECTION B OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS ARE TO BE DELETED

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SCHEDULE 2

PART I — LIST OF ADDITIVES TO BE ADDED TO PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Item	PM/REF No	CAS No	Name	Restrictions and specifications
27B	36840	12007-55-5	Barium tetraborate	SML(T) = 1 mg/kg expressed as barium (11) and SML(T) = 6 mg/kg (22) (expressed as boron) without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 98/83/EC on water for human consumption.
38C	40320	10043-35-3	Boric acid	SML(T) = 6 mg/kg (22) (expressed as boron) without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 98/83/EC on water for human consumption.
40A	40580	00110-63-4	1,4-Butanediol	SML(T) = 0.05 mg/kg (23)
188B	71670	178671-58-4	Pentaerythritol tetrakis (2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacrylate)	SML(T) = 0.05 mg/kg
246A	87040	01330-43-4	Sodium tetraborate	SML(T) = 6 mg/kg (22) (expressed as boron) without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 98/83/EC on water for human consumption.

PART II — ADDITIVE FOR WHICH THE ENTRY CONTAINED IN COLUMN 4 (RESTRICTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS) OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS IS TO BE AMENDED

Name	Restrictions and specifications
Bis(polyethyleneglycol) hydroxymethylphosphonate	SML = 0.6 mg/kg

PART III — LIST OF ADDITIVES TO BE ADDED TO PART II OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Item	PM/REF No	CAS No	Name	Restrictions and specifications
27A	45650	6197-30-4	2-Cyano-3,3-diphenylacrylic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
82A	68860	04724-48-5	n-Octylphosphonic acid	SML = 0.05 mg/kg
111A	95000	28931-67-1	Trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer

PART IV — LIST OF ADDITIVES FOR WHICH THE ENTRY CONTAINED IN COLUMN 4 (RESTRICTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS) OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS IS TO BE AMENDED

Name	Restrictions and specifications
N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)alkyl (C8-C18) amine hydrochlorides	SML(T) = 1.2 mg/kg (12) expressed as tertiary amine (expressed excluding HCl)
Diphenyl sulphone	SML(T) = 3 mg/kg (24)

SCHEDULE 3 — SUBSTANCE TO BE ADDED TO SCHEDULE 2B TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Item	PM/REF No	Specifications
1	16690	Divinylbenzene - must not contain more than 40% ethylvinylbenzene

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hazel Blears — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 4th December 2002

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 16.

[^f00002]: Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable, in relation to England, by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (1999 c. 28). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 as read with section 40(3) of the 1999 Act. Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46) as read with section 40(2) of the 1999 Act. Section 17(1) was amended by paragraph 12(a), and section 48 by paragraph 21, of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act. Regulation 13(4) of S.I. 2000/656 expressly authorises the Secretary of State to amend existing Regulations made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (whether or not with others) under the Food Safety Act 1990.

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1998/1376, amended by S.I. 2000/3162 and S.I. 2002/2364.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1990/2463. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/1376 and S.I. 2002/2364.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L330, 5.12.1998, p.32.

Editorial notes

[^key-2b686f820ccb78ff4bf74f491f611ebf]: Regulations revoked (30.6.2006) by The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1401), regs. 1, 24(d)

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