The Plastic Materials And Articles In Contact With Food Scotland Regulations 2008

Enabling power: Food Safety Act 1990, ss. 16 (2), 17 (1) (2), 26 (1) (a) (2) (a) (3), 31, 48 (1). Issued: 27.03.2008. Made: 19.03.2008. Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 20.03.2008. Coming into force: 01.05.2008 except for reg. 26 (c); 01.07.2008 for reg. 26 (c). Effect: S.I. 1990/2463; S.S.I. 2007/471 amended and S.S.I. 2006/517; 2007/433 revoked. Territorial extent & classification: S. General. Revoked by S.S.I. 2009/30 (ISBN 9780111002285). EC note: The principal Directives implemented by these Regulations are: (a) Council Directive 82/711/EEC laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as amended by Commission Directives 93/8/EEC and 97/48/EC; (b) Council Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs; (c) Commission Directive 2002/72/EC) relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as amended by Commission Directives 2004/1/EC, 2004/19/EC, 2005/79/EC and 2007/19/EC