Consultation
Consultation on the post implementation review of the Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011
England specific
This routine follow-up Post Implementation Review (PIR) is part of the Statutory Review requirements for English Regulations. The first PIR was carried out in 2016, five years after the Kitchenware Regulations came into force and subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years. This PIR is a follow-up to fulfil that requirement.
Consultation Pack
Who will this consultation be of most interest to?
- Competent Authorities - Local Authorities (LAs) and Port Health Authorities
- Food business operators – importers of melamine and polyamide (nylon) kitchenware from China or Hong Kong
- Suppliers and retailers of melamine and polyamide kitchenware from China or Hong Kong
Consultation Subject
A follow up review consultation from one published in 2016 on The Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011 (“the Kitchenware Regulations”), which placed procedural, documentary and enhanced testing requirements for melamine and polyamide (nylon) kitchenware from the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China imported into England. This legislation had been implemented due to the scale of reported non-compliance up to 2011.
Purpose of the consultation
Following on from an earlier review published in 2016, to seek stakeholders’ views on the continue need for special provisions for specific procedures, compliance documentation and testing of imports of melamine and polyamide kitchenware from China and Hong Kong.
As well as to whether the provisions continue to be fit for purpose the consultation also raises questions as to whether changes seen in the market as a consequence of the UK leaving the European Union and the Covid-19 pandemic have future implications for the current provisions.
How to respond
Please email FCM-PIRS@food.gov.uk directly with your comments. Comments and views are required by 23:59 on Thursday 9 November 2023.
Other relevant documents
The legislation itself:
The first review of this legislation, made in 2016:
Publication of response summary
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Further information
This consultation has been prepared in accordance with HM Government Consultation Principles. If an Impact Assessment has been produced, this is included in the consultation documents. If no Impact Assessment has been provided, the reason will be given in the consultation document.