Council Directive of 15 October 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (84/500/EEC) (c. 500)

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[F1 ANNEX II U.K. METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE MIGRATION OF LEAD AND CADMIUM

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2005/31/EC of 29 April 2005 amending Council Directive 84/500/EEC as regards a declaration of compliance and performance criteria of the analytical method for ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance).

4. Performance criteria of the instrumental method of analysis U.K.

4.1. The detection limit for lead and cadmium must be equal to or lower than: U.K.

• 0,1 mg/litre for lead,

• 0,01 mg/litre for cadmium.

The detection limit is defined as the concentration of the element in the 4 % acetic acid solution, as referred to in point 3.1, which gives a signal equal to twice the background noise of the instrument.

4.2. The limit of quantification for lead and cadmium must be equal to or lower than: U.K.

• 0,2 mg/litre for lead,

• 0,02 mg/litre for cadmium.

4.3. Recovery . The recovery of lead and cadmium added to the 4 % acetic acid solution, as referred to in point 3.1, must lie within 80-120 % of the added amount. U.K.

4.4. Specificity . The instrumental method of analysis used must be free from matrix and spectral interferences.] U.K.