The products are sold to Australia, and the market recognizes the EU 1935/2004/EC regulations and the relevant US FDA regulations. This is because there is currently no unified regulation and management in Australia such as the European Union (EC) No. 1935/2004/EC or the US FDA.
Relevant standards or regulations include:
Plastics: EU NO.10/2011 or US FDA test projects are applicable to Australian AS2070:1999
Ceramics, glass, enamel ware: Australian No. 289, 1991 Regulation
Metalware: Western Australia Unified Ordinance Health (Food Hygiene) Ordinance No. 41, 1993
Australia
Relative standard or regulation:
For plastics: adapt either EU NO.10/2011 or US FDA requirement as stated in AS 2070 : 1999
For ceramic ware, glass ware, enameled ware : adapt Australia No. 289, 1991 (amendment of regulation No. 90, 1956)
For metal ware : adapt Western Australia Consolidated regulation – Health (Food Hygiene) Regulation No. 41, 1993
Material |
standard |
Test items |
Test Method |
Ceramic, glass, enamel ware,glass ware,enameled ware |
Australia No. 289, 1991 (amendment of regulation No. 90, 1956) |
Lead dissolution
Cadmium dissolution |
in accordance with BS 6748:1986+ A1: 2011 4% acetic acid, 22±2℃, 24±0.5h,darkness |
Metal ware |
Western Australia Consolidated Regulation – Health (Food Hygiene) Regulation No. 41, 1993 |
Lead dissolution
Cadmium dissolution Antimony dissolution Copper dissolution Zinc dissolution |
Western Australia Consolidated Regulation – Health (Food Hygiene) Regulation No. 41, 1993
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