Ministry of Health’s Decree No.195 of 6 August 2015, Regulation laying down ｕｐｄａｔｅ limited to stainless steel to Decree of 21 March 1973 "Hygiene rules of packaging, containers and utensils intended to come into contact with food substances or substances for personal use", was published in the Official Gazette on 11 December 2015 for stainless steel articles intended to come into contact with food.  The new decree has entered into force and it adopts all the proposed changes.

The Italian Ministry of Health has proposed a Regulation to ｕｐｄａｔｅ the Minister of Health’s Decree of 21 March 1973 on “Hygiene rules of packaging, containers and utensils intended to come into contact with food substances or substances for personal-use products” amended by the Minister of Health’s Decree No. 140 of 11 November 2013, limited to stainless steel. Here are highlights of the proposed ｕｐｄａｔｅs:

1.  In Article 37 of the Minister of Health’s Decree of 21 March 1973, in the case of the following objects, the simulants, test temperature and test time in overall migration and specific migration of chromium, nickel and manganese shall be specifically changed to below:

• Kitchen and table cutting objects intended for repeated use, for short duration with heat or at ambient temperature: Aqueous solution of 3% acetic acid at 70oC for 30 minutes
• Repeated-use objects, for short duration with heat or at ambient temperature, that can be used in contact exclusively with water: Distilled water or water of equivalent quality at 100oC for 30 minutes

2.  In the list of stainless steel that may be used in contact with foodstuffs (The Minister of Health’s Decree of 21 March 1973, Annex II, Section 6, Part A), the UNI EN 10088-1 numeric and alphanumeric designations “1.4116 – X50CrMoV15” for AISI 440A - S44002 shall be removed as highlighted below.

Note:

• UNI EN 10088-1 Stainless steels. List of stainless steels
• AISI: American Iron and Steel Institute
• UNS: Unified Numbering System

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