SGS : Malaysia Issues Guidance for Voluntary Certification of Food Contact Materials and Articles
August 19, 2022 at 05:14 am EDT
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Highlights of the chemical requirements for gloves and the specific migration of seven metals for food contact plastics are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.
Extractable heavy metals
0.05 µg/mL each of arsenic and cadmium
0.5 µg/mL each of chromium and lead
15.0 µg/mL zinc
Potassium permanganate consumption
10.0 µg/mL
Evaporation residue
100 µg/mL each of distilled water and 10% ethanol
Phthalates
0.1% total content for PVC gloves (BBP, DBP, DEHP, DIDP, DINP and DNOP)
Table 1
Barium
≤ 1 mg/kg
Cobalt
≤ 0.05 mg/kg
Copper
≤ 5 mg/kg
Iron
≤ 48 mg/kg
Lithium
≤ 0.6 mg/kg
Manganese
≤ 0.6 mg/kg
Zinc
≤ 25 mg/kg
Table 2
Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Phthalate
CAS
BBP
Butyl benzyl phthalate
85-68-7
DBP
Di-butyl phthalate
84-74-2
DEHP
Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
117-81-7
DINP
Di-isononyl phthalate
28553-12-0
DIDP
Di-iso-decyl phthalate
26761-40-0
DNOP
Di-n-octyl phthalate
117-84-0
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