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Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Food simulants
For demonstration of compliance for plastic materials and articles not yet in contact with food the food simulants listed in Table 1 below are assigned.
Table 1
List of food simulants
| a This may be any vegetable oil with a fatty acid distribution of
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| Food simulant | Abbreviation | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ethanol 10 % (v/v) | Food simulant A | ||||||||||||||||
| Acetic acid 3 % (w/v) | Food simulant B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethanol 20 % (v/v) | Food simulant C | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethanol 50 % (v/v) | Food simulant D1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vegetable oila | Food simulant D2 | ||||||||||||||||
| poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylene oxide), particle size 60-80 mesh, pore size 200 nm | Food simulant E | ||||||||||||||||
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