The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Consultation target audience

Businesses that manufacture, import, wholesale or retail, plastic and /or recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food; and/or food contact varnishes and coatings.

Port health and local enforcement authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders who may have an interest in the policy and legislation on food contact materials.

Consultation subject

The latest amendment will provide enforcement authorities with the necessary powers for the execution and enforcement of the provisions of three European Regulations.

The proposed Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 will provide enforcement authorities with the necessary powers for the execution and enforcement, in England, of:

• Commission Regulations (EU) No. 2016/1416 (“the revised Plastics Regulation”) amending Commission Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 (“the Plastics Regulation”) on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
• Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2018/213 on the use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food (“the BPA Regulation”)
• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 282/2008 on recycled plastic materials intended to come into contact with food (“the Recycling Regulation”) 

Consultation purpose

To seek comments and general feedback from industry, port health authorities, enforcement authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders on the proposed Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, and on the associated Impact Assessment.

Consultation pack

Comments and views

All comments and views should be sent to:

Tim Chandler
Food Contact Materials
Food Standards Agency
Clive House
6th Floor
70 Petty France
London SW1H 9EX

Email: foodcontact2018@food.gov.uk