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General requirements are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. This regulation allows the European Commission to publish specific measures for certain groups of food contact materials and articles. For metals and alloysHowever, no such specific measures have not yet been established for metals and alloys. Therefore, the Council of Europe has published a practical technical guide on for metals and alloys used in contact with food, which supplements this regulation . (Metals ‘Metals and alloys used in food contact materials and articlesarticles’, ISBN 978-9297892-871-7703-2), which is based on Council of Europe Resolution CM/Res(2013)9 and provides detailed information on test conditions and analytical methods for metals and alloys used in contact with food. For example, the specific release limit (SRL) for aluminium released from metals and alloys is 5 mg/kg. Other limits apply to chromium, copper, vanadium and more than 20 other metals and can be found in the Technical Guidetechnical guide, which also provides detailed information on test conditions and analytical methods for metals and alloys used in contact with food. Both the technical guide and Council of Europe Resolution CM/Res(2013)9 and the Technical Guide are recognised by most of the national authorities in EuropeEuropean national authorities.

This guide can be downloaded free of charge: https://freepub.edqm.eu/publications.

To place your order a hard copy via the EDQM Store, please click on “Catalogue” ‘Catalogue’ under “Publications”‘Publications’, then select “FOOD CONTACT” from the menu ‘FOOD CONTACT’ on the left side of the page. The print copy includes access to the online version.