Ceramics

Legal status:  
  EU Regulations Regulation EC 1935/2004
  EU Directives Directive 84/500/EEC,  Directive 2005/31/EC
  EU countries with additional legislation Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland
  FDA legislation No, but must be safe. FDA and some states (California for example) does use limits for lead migration from kitchen utensils, for more info click here
Non-legal binding guidelines  
  Council of Europe No
  CEN/ISO methods
  • EN 1900, September 1998 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Non-metallic tableware - Terminology
  • ISO 6486-1,  December 1999, Ceramic ware, glass-ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact with food — Release of lead and cadmium — Part 1: Test method
  • ISO 6486-2, 1999, Ceramic ware, glass-ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2: Permissible limits 
  • ISO 8391-1: July 2002, Ceramic cookware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 1: Method of test
  • ISO 8391-2 July 2002, Ceramic cookware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2: Permissible limits
 
 
 
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