The draft Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
The draft Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 would amend the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012 to provide for the execution and enforcement, in Wales, of Commission Regulation 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as recently amended by Commission.
About this consultationConsultation target audience
Businesses that manufacture, import, wholesale and/or retail plastic and recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, port health authorities, local enforcement authorities, consumers and others who may have in interest in the policy and legislation on food contact materials.
Consultation subject
The proposed Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 would amend the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”) to provide for the execution and enforcement, in Wales, of Commission Regulation 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as recently amended by Commission Regulation No. 2016/1416.
The proposed Regulations would also enable authorised officers to issue improvement notices for a failure to comply with specific provisions of the 2012 Regulations and the EU legislation that those Regulations enforce, instead of issuing criminal proceedings
Consultation purpose
To seek comments from industry, enforcement authorities, port health authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders on the proposed Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
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