Commission Directive 81/432/EEC of 29 April 1981 laying down the Community method of analysis for the official control of vinyl chloride released by materials and articles into foodstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 78/142/EEC of 30 January 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs⁽¹⁾, and in particular Article 3 thereof,

1. Whereas Article 2 of Directive 78/142/EEC lays down that materials and articles must not pass on to the foodstuffs which are in, or have been brought into, contact with such materials and articles any vinyl chloride detectable by a method having a limit of detection of 001 mg/kg, and Article 3 that this limit must be controlled by a Community method of analysis;

2. Whereas, on the basis of a series of inter-laboratory collaborative trials, the method described in the Annex has proved to be sufficiently accurate and reproducible to be adopted as a Community method;

3. Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: