EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 8391-2 testing. It is applied to ceramic cooking pots intended to be used in the preparation of foods by heating. Detection is made by extraction of cookware surfaces with hot acetic acid solution (4%) and the determination of lead and cadmium extracted by atomic absorption spectroscopic method.
Problems of lead and cadmium release from cookware require effective control tools to ensure populations are protected from a potential health hazard. This potential arises when improperly formulated, applied, or baked glazes are applied to cookware. Cookware is of particular concern because normal conditions of use (heating acidic food for a long time) are conducive to the extraction of soluble lead and cadmium into food.
As a secondary consideration, cookware standards that vary from country to country impose non-tariff barriers to international trade. Accordingly, there is a need to establish internationally accepted methods for testing cookware for the release of lead and cadmium and define the allowable limits for the extraction of these toxic metals.
The allowable limits outlined in ISO 8391-2 are based on the maximum allowable amounts of lead and cadmium that can be safely ingested by humans. These limits are set by various national and international regulatory agencies, including the European Union, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
ISO 8391-2 specifies that the allowable limit for lead release from ceramic cookware is 0,1 milligrams (mg/L) per liter of food simulant, while the allowable limit for cadmium release is 0,05 mg/L food simulant. These limits apply to the total amount of lead and cadmium released over a 24-hour period.
The standard states that these limits are intended to provide a margin of safety to protect consumers, particularly sensitive populations such as infants, young children, and pregnant women, from exposure to harmful levels of lead and cadmium. Ceramic cookware that exceeds these limits is not considered safe for use in contact with food.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ISO 8391-2 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.
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