Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (No.2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 2687 of 2006). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Packaging/labelling Standards Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations revoke and re-enact the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006 with certain changes. The main changes are: (a) an amendment to the definition of "the Directive" so as to include the amendments made to Commission Directive 2002/72/EC by Commission Directive 2005/79/EC, which introduces new provisions relating to PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil and makes widespread changes to the Annexes containing lists of authorized monomers (including other starting substances) and additives; (b) provision for a transitional defence relating to the sale of jars of foods for infants and young children sealed with PVC gaskets containing epoxidised soybean oil; and (c) the replacement of most of the content of Schedules 1 to 4 of the No. 1 Regulations by the incorporation, by reference to Annexes of Commission Directive 2002/72/EC as amended, of the specifications and lists of authorized substances formerly contained in those Schedules. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 2005/79/EC amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Legislation | European Union | 2005 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Standards, Hygiene/sanitary procedures Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 on the restriction of use of certain epoxy derivatives in materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. Legislation | European Union | 2005 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 1401 of 2006). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 916 of 2008). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Standards, Residues, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX