Glass

Legal status:  
  EU Regulations Regulation EC 1935/2004
  EU Directives No
  EU countries with additional legislation Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia
  FDA legislation No but must be safe
Non-legal binding guidelines  
  Council of Europe Guidelines on lead leaching from glass tableware into foodstuffs (in progress)

policy statement concerning lead leaching from glass

  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 6486-1,  December 1999, Ceramic ware, glass-ceramic ware and glass dinnerware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2: Permissible limits
  • ISO 7086-1, July 2005, Glass hollowware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 1: Test method
  • ISO 7086-2, July 2005, Glass hollowware in contact with food -- Release of lead and cadmium -- Part 2: Permissible limits
     
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