GLASS
EU REGULATIONS:

Regulation EC 1935/2004

 
EU DIRECTIVES:

 

NO

EU ADDITIONAL NATIONAL
LEGISLATION:

 

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia

FDA LEGISLATION:
Not, it must be Safe
 
NO-LEGAL 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 6486-2, 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