SGS Summarizes EDQM Revision of Technical Guideline on Food Contact Metals and Alloys

GENEVA - Sept. 5, 2024 - PRLog -- SGS, the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company, has highlighted the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM)'s 2024 2nd Edition of its technical guide for food contact metals and alloys.

The revised second edition is effective immediately. Several important changes when compared with the 2013 1st Edition. The new edition:

- Supplements and aligns with the guiding principles under Council of Europe Resolution CM/Res(2020)9
- Specifies the main chemical composition of several types of alloy that are often used for food contact applications
- Replaces DIN 10531 with EN 16889:2016 for artificial tap water for aqueous, alcoholic or fatty food
- Replaces the specific release limit (SRL) for chromium with chromium ((III)
- Strengthens SRL for manganese
- Revises the SRL for thallium to become less stringent
- Introduces an SRL for zirconium
- Updates the guidance on release testing to ensure coherence with the 'Testing conditions for kitchenware articles in contact with foodstuffs: Plastics, Metals, Silicone & Rubber or its Revisions (Beldi et al., 2021)

SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulations that may impact their business. SafeGuardS 125.24 includes a useful table comparing the 2013 and 2024 editions.

Stakeholders are encouraged to refer to the original SafeGuardS 125.24 for more details.

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SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full EDQM Revises Technical Guideline on Food Contact Metals and Alloys (https://www.sgs.com/en/news/2024/08/safeguards-12524-edqm...) SafeGuardS.

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