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The Materials and Articles in Contract with Food (Wales) Regulations 2018

22 August 2018

These Regulations provide for the implementation and enforcement of a number of EU Directives and EU Regulations, regarding materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

This amendment provides for the enforcement of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/213 on the use of bisphenol A in varnishes and coatings intended to come into contact with food.
 
This amendment makes any person, who places on the market a material or article that fails to comply with Article 2, guilty of an offence.