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1 f4W /* .A, ^c Of-fr, / v/Cs/zp Official Gazette of the Netherlands of Friday, December 2.3, 1966, nr.250, pp.3-5 Draft Decree for Packaging and Utenslls(Commodities Act) The Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Public Health announces in compliance with the stipulations in paragraph 16, section two, of the Royal Decree of July 16, 1955, nr.24(Official Gazette 14.3),-- that the advisory committee for the Commodities Act has advised to pro mote that a Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commodities Act) is effecti ed. 1 The draft Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commodities Act) together ; with 6 appendixes and the explanation given by the advisoty committee for the Commodities Act follow below. Interested parties may file written comments with the Department of Social Affairs and public Health within twelve months from the date of this publication. . - Prflft Decree for Packaging and Utenslls(Commodities Act) Paragraph 1 In this decree is understood under a) packaging:the inedible material, Intended or used for the total or partial wrapping of foods and beverages, as well as chewing prep arations, with the exclusion of those of tobacco, inasfar as the material is or may come in contact with the aforesaid products, as well as, when it is not or may not come in direct contact with the aforesaid products, it it may pass off compounds to those products under normal conditions; b) utensils: utensils which are used for the preparation, the manu facture, the composition or the storage of foods or beverages. Paragraph 2 Packaging has to comply with the following requirements: a) it must be separable in a simple manner from the food or beverage without leaving parts of the packaging on or in the food or beverage; b) they should not pass off or be capable of passing off components to the food or beverage in an amount, which may be harmful for health; o)lt must be in a tidy condition; d)it should not change r be capable to change in an unacceptable manner . * the composition, taste, color, flavor or consistency , * of the food or beverage present therein under normal conditions; ASI 00000324 I e) from the packaging not more substance shall pass into or shall i , he able to pass into the food or beverage than . of the weight of the food or beverage present in the packaging. Paragraph 3, ` Utensils have to comply with the following requirements: a)those, put in paragraph 2, under b and d; b) from eating or drinking untensils not more sifbstance is allowed to pass into or be able to pass into the food or beverage than Paragraph 4. Articles intended for or used for the feeding of infants and toddlers'. have to comply with the following requirements: .1 ; a) those, put in paragraph 2, under b) and d), ' : (' i ! |i ; b) from said articles not mote substance is allowed to pass into or - i . 1 . i : ^ be able to pass into the food or beverage than I ' ' vV- - Paragraph 5, I.'.- Eating and drinking utensils have to oomply with the following re- regents: ^ a) those, put in paragraph 2, under b) and d); - b) from eating and drinking utensils not mote substance is allov;ed j ' : ,to pass into or be able to pass into the food or beverage than ,,,, , . j;;1 Paragraph 6,. ; 1-Our Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health nndOua Ministers, .who are also concerned,Is granted the power to make further requirements with respect to specifically mentioned packaging,utensils, articles ' intended for or used for feeding of infants and toddlers, and eating 1 ` "! , and drinking utensils, 2,The farther requirements intended in the first section may I. comprise: ., .' !a) directions with respect to the presence of substances which, 1; L. 1 with exclusion of other sub stances, are allowed to be present in j- commodities meant in section 1: , .. i i ' ; b) directions with respect to th.e purity requi, rement' s of the , substances meant under a). *, cjdirections with respect to methods'of investigation for establish- ,, , ! ing whether the commodities meant in the first section oomply with * t ( !1 , ` 1 1 . * *1 ji : the requirements set by or under this decree, ?v Lii' further requirements meant in the first seotion may also ---------------------------------------------------------- c------- " ASI 00000325 7 1 3 comprise the permission of the presence of other substahces In a .commodity as meant In said section, than those meant in the second . section under a-), if the composition and the intended use of said -commodity are clearly described and if it has beenshown, that the i substance does not pass into or may pass into the food or beverage for which the commodity is intended in a harmful amountjthis permission can be linked up with directions* j Paragraph 7 ) !l,If certain substances are hot permitted to be present in a food or beverage on the basis of or under any other general decree for enforcement of the commodities Act(Official Gaxette 1935,793)these substances are, in departure thereof,allowed..to be present in said food or beverage inasfar as they stem in type and amount from the packaging * or from a utensil. c" 2.If certain substances are permitted to be present in a food or beverage up to a certain amount on the basis of or under any other - general decree for enforcement of the commodities Act(Official Gazette 1935,793),the amount of such a substance stemming from the packaging or the utensil should not cause that the amount permitted in said general decree is exceeded, Paragraph 8 For the determination whether packaging, utensils, articles intended for or used in feeding infants and toddlers, and eating and drinking utensils comply with the requirements, set in or Under this decree,use has to be made of methods' of investigation, which have been established by Our Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health and Our Ministers, which are also oonfterned, under paragraph 6, second section, under d), Inasfar as these methods are sufficient;use oan also be made of organoleptic Investigation by experts. Paragraph 9 v,., . This decree does not apply to: ajcoverlng means used on eggs; , b)covering means, used on the rind of cheese, , one thing and another inasfar these can not be removed in a simple manner from the eggs and from the rind of the oheese. Paragraph 10 asi ooooo326__ V.; tn the Royal 4eoree;of Marofc .fifr, X92l( official-Gazette 698) the 4 * statements undefc 2 and 5 are read as follows: 2,articles Intended for or used for packaging or wrapping of , ! ; ! food and beverages,as well as chewing preparations, with exclusion of those of tobacco; ' 5.articles intended for or used in feeding infants and toddlers, Paragraph 11 Paragraph 3 of the General Decree( commodities Act) is read as follows r: * (l- . For the transportation of food and beverages and basic materials i ' * . therefore no use Is permitted of transport means which I. *,, j. ' a) are not in a clean and well kept state; : . b)may pass on to food and beverages components in amounts, which ' 1 ` may be harmful to health or may poDite said commodities in another i manner; o)have been cleaned with other water than meant in paragraph 1, first section, under g),exceppt for the stipulation in paragraph 1, .. . second section under b), , i; >one thing and another inasfar the food and beverage or the basic I * ; * .ii;; ; material therefore come in contact with the transport meara Paragraph 12 Paragraph 3 ter of the General Decree (commodities Act) is cancelled ' Paragraph 13 This decree iB cited under the title: decree for packaging and uten-, i i i' . ' sils( Commodities Act) and comes into effect on ........................ ' - f. l i> ;; Explanation of the draft decree for packaging and uhensils( commodi- ties Act) " : The draft decree for packaging(Commodities Act) published in the .Official Gazette of the Netherlands of October 1, 1965, had as its '.i , object solely to create directions for packaging.Itore and more the need was felt to make also rules with regard to utensils which come in contact with food and beverages, and articles intended for or used in feeding infants and toddlers and eating and drinking utensils, which articles can produce the same hazards for public health, ! The suggested extension of the effective area of the decree has t'moreover the advantage that difficulties with respect to the demarcation - . of the notion packaging is prevented,sinoe in border cases that which ;.'J . ;; ,................ . . ' ASI 00000327 --r 1 5 can not indisputedly be considered as packaging, will be comprised l.y the notion utensils. in accordance with the above a new draft decree has been made.An explanation paragraph by paragraph is given hereafter. Paragraph 1, under a. The insertion of the words rt or partially" has as an object to be able to exert also control for packaging material which Surrounds edlbtefc or beverages patially, for example wrappers, which partially cover a commodity, or cups for coffee, cups or plates for salado or pudding, of which the upper side Is not closed. Paragraph 1, under b The description of the notion utensils corresponds with the descrip tion, which is given in paragraph 1 of the Act for these articles,, i.e. untensils which are used for the preparation, the manufacture, the composition or the storage of foods and beverages. Paragraph 2 This paragraph is is essentially identical with the corresponding paragraph in the old draft packaging decree,The direction under e now contains a requirement for impurity.lt is still a matter of consi deration in what way this requirement for impurity has to be realized. On the basis of the initial draft the requirement was that from polystyrene not more than 1 mg.,from polyethylene not more than 3 ng, and from polypropylene not more than 5 mg, in total of substances is passed off, all this based on 1 dm2 of packaging m9 aterial.In recent times the committee which preparad this draft, has however come to the conclusion that it is better logic to have a requirement for impurity holding uniformly for all packaging and based on the amount of migrated substances in the packed food,Such a requirement has now been incorporated with the object to receive comments and criticism thereon in order to be able to formulate later on a final standpoint.! The thought is presently of a limit of 0,010 * It is observed that the Italian legislation comprises a similar requirement, however with a lower limit than was kept im mind initially in this country, l.e, 0.005?&. The attention is drawn to the fact that the Impurity requirements to be set will apply to all packaging, a.o, those consisting of synthe- ASI 00000328 i. , ! i. * t ' ' ,' Ir i. ' ,:r! : ] t, 6 tic resin, paper,glass and cans. Paragraph 3 The requirement comprised under b deviates from the correspond;ng requirements for packaging since it is not quite possible for fcher.e articles, which are marketed, as such, to talk about food or beverage present therein.In what way this requirement will have to be worded will have to be studied after the reactions on the draft decree ha'^e . been received. ; Paragraph 6 The third section provides for the possibility incidentally other /; i ` auxilliary compounds are permitted in packaging, utensils, articles i Intended for or used in feeding infants and toddlers, and eating and drinking utensils intended for certain, exactly defined purposest , than those mentioned in the relevant appendixes.There is a need for i this 'possibility in Industry.From the viewpoint of public health there is no objection to meet this need,- provided that the necessary guarantees against misuse are created by making special directions. Paragraph 7 The first section of this paragraph serves to prevent mutual - ..discrepancies in different decrees for enforcement of the Act.For it. is not imaginary that a substance is passed off from a pacckaging or utensil into a food1 or beverage-though usually in small amount-, and -is permitted to be passed off, which substance is not allowed to be present in that food or beverage on the basis of*'another decree for enforcement of the Act.The said requirement defines that the said .substance, insofar as stemming in type and amount from the packaging or utensil, is allowed to be present in the food or beverage in deviation from the interdiction stated elsewhere.A statement, compri sing e reference to the decree for packaging and untensils should be incorporated in the relevant! general decrees iin order to mkke the required correlation. \_ Thexsecond section h.as as an object to prevent, that maxiraums set in other decrees for enforeement of the Act f(>r allowed substances are exceeded by quantities of those substances stemming from the pach>i aging or from utensils.Said maxtmfumnums hnave bqe'en ss et sensibly and have to be maintained as suoh. V-. ' / . ( ASI 00000329 7 Paragraph 9 This paragraph is identical to paragraph 5 of the draft published in the Official Gazette of the Netherlands of October 1, 1965 to the extent that the exception with respect to the skins for sausages has been cancelled.From the viewpoint of publio health it is necessary that the slcin of sau&ages and other meat products comply with the sam requirements as the wrappers of other foods and beverages since it provides potentially the same dangers for public health.In exceptions cases it is possible to apply paragraph 6, third section. Paragraph 10 In the Royal Decree of March 26, 1921 (Official Gazette 638) are mentioned as commodities according to the Act amongst others rubber articles in- as far they are used for feeding of children. At the time rubber nipples were held in mind.No thought was given at the time to nipples, bottles and eating and drinking utensils of plas! xi-xAhiuciianir.Since nowadays plastics are also used for the manufacture of such articles, it is necessary to set requirements with respect to those articles, the more so since it relates to the feeding of infants and toddlers, which may be mote sensitive for certain substan ces than older persons.Therefore the wording of the abovementioned decree will have to be adapted to the present development. In connection with the definition of "packaging" the description thereof, mentioned under 2 of the abovementioned decree will have to be adapted. 9 Paragraph 11 The present decree provides detailed requirements for articles which come in contact with foods and beverages.Paragraph 3 of the General Decree( Commodities Act) also provides requirements in this field though broadly.This paragraph could therefore be withdrawn, if it were not that it also comprises requirements with respect; to transportation means.The present decree does not provide there in.Thus a new wording of paragraph 3 of the General Decree(Commodities Act) has been made, comprising the requirements which relate to transport ation means.These requirements have also been newly worded. Appendix _I_. ..... ' / belonging with the draft decree for packaging and utensils(commo dities AotO* . b *\ . . ASI 00000330 8 j i: . ` i. i i * t Polystyrene Homopolymer. In this appendin is understood under polystyrene: the product obtained by polymerizing exclusively styrene. The commodities, meant in the paragraphs 2,3,4cand 5 of the decree packaging and utensils(Commodities Act), consisting of polystyrene, have to comply with the following requirements: 1.the infrared spectrogram has to be characteristic for polystyrene; 2.the content of volatile components of the final product,determined according to the appendix"methods of investigation", should be not higher than 0.5#: 3.the auxiliary compounds added to polystyrene have to be of good * technical qualityjif a maximum content is given for an auxiliary comp ound, the content thereof, including its decomposition products, should not exceed the content defined in the final product. No/ other auxiliary compounds or other compounds are permitted in .the final product than the ones mentioned below: .I ' a,emulsifiers. In total at most 0.1 ft: . . : 1 i Ij( <; ' , 1*' alkyl(Cg-C^g) benzenesulfonate,sodium salt dodecylsulfate(laprylsulfate) primary,sodium salt - 11 . i. i , j polyoxyethylene(polyethyleneglycol), molecular weight more than 200, free of ethyleneglycol and diethyleneglycol polyoxyethylene(minimum 8) monooleate 1 V . b. other compounds: .alkanes and cycloalkanes, boiling point 0-100C.;bentonite;calcium , i ! . ' ( i carbonate,chalk;sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose;chlorides of calcium,potassium and sodium;citric acid; 2.5-di(5'-tert-butylbenzoxazolyl-2')-thiofene;tertiary dodecylmercaptan.if not extractable' from the final productjphosphates of calcium and sodiumjgelatin; Innocuous dyes and pigments; sodium sulfate; sodiumbicarbonate; organopolysiloxanes containing 2 methyl groups at each Si-atom (sill cones}^;paraffines,solld(synthetic included);the absorbtion of ultraviolet light has to comply with the values Indicated In Appendix 6,Methods of Investigation; liquid paraffines(refined mineral oils),which comply with the following requirements:' the color has to be weaker than standard Saybolt 30, odor has to*be absent, the absorbtlcn of ultraviolet light has to comply with the Values described in i'v / 1 ASI 00000331 9 appendix 6,Methods of Investigationjpolyethylene, molecular weight more than 200, at most 0.5fj polyvinylnlcohol( the viscosity of a 4f> solution in water at 20C has to be at least 20 cPP), at most 2.5/j; 1.2-propane diol ;ricinolamide, at most 0.5f>; fatty acids.unbranched, saturated, ^14"C22' evcn number of carbon atoms,as well as oleic acid, with a content of at most l of unsaponifiable components; fatty acids as described above, as esters with alifotic,unbranched,saturated primary (monohydric) alcohols C1"C18 and oleic elcohol;fatty adds as described above, os salts with aluminum,ammonium,calcium, potassium,magnesium and sodium;also zincstearate;fatty acids as described aboveresterlfled with glycerol to mono- or diglycerides;micro crystalline waxes;tartaric acid; xlncoxlde; ^decomposition products of the auxiliary compounds mentioned under A. and b. decomposition products of the following initiators up to a combined content of at most O.Zfi of the final product: ammoniumpersulfate; azodiisobutyric acid nitrile;dibenzoylperoxlde; dilajcroylperoxide; ft ditertiarybutylperoxide; isopropylperoxycarbonate;potassiurapersulfate; tertiarybutylhydroperoxlde ;tertiarybutylperoxya'cetate;tertiarybutylperoxybenzoate; tertiarybutyl-peroxydiethyl3ns$iate; ' decomposition products of other compounds than those mentioned under 3 arc not allowed to he present. Appendix 2 !. belonging to the draft Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commo dities Act) Mixed and copolymers of polystyrene In this appendix is understood under mixed and copolymers of poly styrene :the products obtained by polymerization of styrene with one or more of the monomers mentioned hereafter, or by mixing polystyrene with polymers or copolymers of the monomers mentioned hereafter. As monomer are allowed to be used exclusively: acrylonitrile;acrylic acid and the methyl,ethyl,butyl and octyl ester of acrylic acid; butadiene;p-dlvinylbenzene;ethylene;isobutylenejmethacryllc acid and the methyl, ethyl and butyl ester of methaorylio acid; alpha-methyl styrene; styrene; vinyla.oetate; vinylpropionate. , The final product has'to oonsi'st for at least 50 of styrene and ~ ~~ TMASI 00000332 1 10 and alpha-methylstyrene. The commodities meant in the paragraphs 2,3,4 and 5 of the decree Packaging and Utensils(Commodities Act), consisting of mixed and copol ymers of styrene, have to comply with the following requirements: 1.the infrared spectrogram has to he characteristic for polystyrene; 2.the content of volatile constituents of the final product, deter mined according to the appendix "Methods of Investigation" should not he more than 0.5?$.The volatile compounds have to he free of acrylonitrile and divinylhenzene; 3.the auxiliary compounds added to the polystyrene have to he of good technical quality.If a maximumcontent of the auxiliary compound is given, the content thereof, including its decomposition products,in the final product should not exceed the amount indicated, * Not other auxiliary compounds or ojher compounds should he present , in the final product than the ones mentioned hereinafter: a) antioxidants, as mentioned in appendix 3.Antioxidants in total at most 0.6y&; h) emulsifiers, in total at most O.l#: alkyl(Cg-C15) henzenesulfonate, sodium salt; dodecylsulfate(lauryl- sulfate) primary, sodium salt; polyoxyethylene(polyethyleneglycol), molecular weight more than 200, free of ethyleneglycol and diethylene glycol;polyoxyethyle`ne(minlmum 8) mono-oleate; c) other compounds: alkanes and cycloalkanes, holllng point 0-100C hariumsulfate;hentdmite;calciumcarbonate, chalk;sodium salt of carboxy- methylcellulose; chlorides of calcium,potassium and sodium;citric acid and the potassium and sodium salts thereof;colofonium(gumresin,wood res and Chinese wood resin),if desired modified hy catalytic disproportion! and completely, partially or not saponified to potassium or sodium soap The product after catalytic disproportioning contains at most 0.25 substituted phenanthrene(as retene). In total at Most 0.3# of colofonium and derivatives in the polystyrene final product, di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, at most 0.2fj; 2.5-di( 5f-tert-butylbenzooxa- zolyl-2*)-thiophene; dodecylmercaptan, tertiary, provided not extracts! from the final product; ethylenediamfenetetraacetio acid, sodium salts; ,phosphat s of calcium and sodium; gelatin; glycerol; hydroxyethylcellu- ,. .. * * A. . ** ... . i . t * * , ; y ( ASI 00000333 11 lose; innocuous dyes and pigments; morpholin, sodium acetate; sodium sylfate; sodium bicarbonate; octadecylalcohol; orgnnopolysiloxanes, containing 2 methyl groups at each Si-atom(silicones); paraffines, , so*lid(including synthetic):the absorbtion of ultraviolet light has to comply with the values described in appendix 6, Methods of Investigatio; paraffines, liquid(refined mineral oil), which comply with the following requirements:the color has to be weaker jrshan standard Saybolt 30, odorless,the absorbtion of ultraviolet light has to comply with the values described in appendix 6, Methods of Investigation; polyethylene, molecular weight more than 200, at most 0,5# polymer, mixed,xxjtxxxpziy of vinylpyrrolidon and polyethyleneglycol(1000); polyvinylalcoho1(the viscosity of the 4# solution in water has to be at least 20 cP at 20C) at most 2.5#; polyvinylpyrrolidon; 1.2-propanediol; ricinolamide, at most 0.5#; fatty acids, unbranched, with even number of carbon atoms, as well as oleic acid, with a content of at most 1# of unsapon- ifiable components; fatty acids as described above, as esters with alifatic,unbranched, saturated, monohydric alcohols C^-C^g and oleic alcohol; fatty acids as described above, esterified with glycerdl to mono- and diglycerides;Fatty acids, as described above, as salts wtth- aluminum,ammonium, calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium;moreover 'zincstearate; microcrystalline waxes; tartarie acid; zlnc-2-ethylhexoat* at most 0.5#; zincoxide; zincsulfide; d) decomposition products of the auxiliary compounds mentioned under a) to c); e) decomposition products of the fallowing initiators to a combined oontent of at most 0.2# of the final product: ammoniumpersulfate; azo-bls-cyfclo-haxanoyl-earbonitrilac; azo-di-isobutyronitril; bis(3.5.5-trimethylhexanoyl)peroxlde; bis(isopropoxycarbonyl)peroxide; 1.4-bis(alpha-hydroperoxy-isopropyl)benzene; 1.3-(bis-(alpha-hydroperox; isopropyl)-benzene; cumylhydroperoxide; diacetylperoxide; dibenzoyl- peroxide; dicumylperoxide; di-decanoylperoxide; dilauroylperoxide; di-octanoylperoxide; di-pelargonoylperoxide; dipropionylperoxide; 2.2-di-tert.butyl-peroxybutane; 2.2-di-tert.butyl-peroxyhexon ; . " di-tert,butylperoxide; isopropylperoxyoarbonate; potassium persulfate; p-(alpha-hydr peroxyisopropyl)-cumene; tert .butyl-hydroperoxide; tert.butyl-peroxydiethylacetate;tert.butyl-peroxyacetate; tert.butyl- . 1 *' . : . ASI 00000334 '' I 12 tert.butyl-peroxybenzoate; tert ,butyl-peroxypivalate; 4.decomposition products of other compounds than those ipentioned under 3 are not allowed to be present. ,I' Appendix 3 ,^ mji belonging to the draft Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commo dities Act) Antioxidants. Except for the stipulations in other appendixes of the decree for executing paragraph 4 of the Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commo dities Act) commodities as meant in the paragraphs 2,3,4 and 5 of the Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commodities Act) are not allowed to ' contain antioxidants other than the following: ascorbic acid; BHA- mixture of 3-tert.butyl-4-hydroxyanisol and 2- # tert.butyl-4-hydroxyanisolw; 3HT n 2.6-ditert.butyl-4-methylphenols ' 2.6-ditert.butyl-p-cresol= butylated hydroxytoluene; citric acid; dilaurylthiopropionate; 2.2'-dioxy-3.3'-dicyclohexyl-5.5*-dimethyldiphenylmethane; distearylthiodipropionate; dodecylgallate; guajac resin; carbon, including carbon black, channel black, coke powder, furnace black, graphite, soot and thermal black; monoglyceride-citrate; nordihydroguajaretic acid; n-octadecyl-beta-(4*-hydroxy-3,5'-ditert. butylphenyl)-propionate; octylgallate; propylgallate; thiodipropionic acid; 2.4,5trihydroxy-butyrophenone; 1.3.5-trimethyl-2.4,6-tri(3,5ditert.butyl-4^hydroxybenzyl)benzene; tri(nonylphenyl)phosphite:in this antioxidant are always present as impurities: mono-(nonylphenyl)phosphite di(nonylphenyl)phosphite, trinonyloctylphosphite, trftoctyl-phenylphosphate and lass than 1# triisopropanolamine sulfur. Appendix 4 i "draft belonging to the Decree for Packaging and Utensils(Commodities Act) Polyethylene ^ In this appendix is understood unden polyethylene: the homopolymer, 'S obtained by polymerizing exclusively ethylene as well as the copolymers obtained by copolymerization of ethylene with hydrocarbons of the type nlkene-1 with at least 8 oarbon atoms, which eonsipt for at least 95 ; of ethylene,' ' . \\ f The commodities meant in the paragraphs 2,3,4 and 5 of the Deoree ` f A$I 00000335 for Packaging at Utensils(Commotfities Act) consisting of polyethyle: have to comply with the following requirements: i.. The density should be not less than 0*85 and not more than 1,00; In ethylacetate at 50C not mote than 3,1# of the polymer should dissolve without added auxiliary compounds; 2)the auxiliary compounds added to the polyethylene have to be og good technical quality,If a maximum content is given for an 1 ' | I I auxiliary compound, the content thereof, including its decomposition products, in the final product should not exceed said given content. No other auxiliaty compounds or other compounds other than the ones mentioned below, are allowed in the final product: a)antioxidants to a total of at most 0.5#(without carbon);the ;i antioxidants as mentioned in appendix 3, antioxidants; 4.4f-butylidene- bis(6-tert.butyl-3-methylphenol) up to at most 0.3#;carbon up to at most 3.0#; 4.4,-thio-bis(6-tert.butyl-3-methylphenol) up to at most 0.05#; i b)blowing agents; adipic acid; succlnlo acid; carbonates of ammonium potassium and sodium; citric acid; glutaric acid; levulinic acid; lactic acid; - o) emulsifiers, in total at most 0.1#: " * - - ---- alkyl ( C^-=-C15)` benzenesulfonate, sodium salt; dodecylsulfate( lajt- rylsulfate) primary, sodium salt; d) slipping agents: beeswax; carnaubawax; di(ethylhexyl)phthalate; glycerol; 2-hydroxy-r4n-octoxybenzophenone ;oct adecylaleohol; organo- polysiloxanes, containing. 2 methyl groups at each Si-atora(silicones); # paraffines, solid(including synthetio):the absorbtion of ultraviolet light has to comply with the values described in appendix 6,Methods of Investigation;^ silicates of aluminum, calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium, included asbestos, dlntomaceous earth, fibreglass,infusoria v eaftfr, caoline, clay, mica and taiiiav talo; sorbic acid; zincsulfide; g) decomposition products of the auxiliary compounds mentioned under a) to f); h) decomposition products of the following initiators up to a combine ii * . *`' i ; oontent of at most 0*2# In the final product: ASI 00000336 14 t>i s ( isopropoxycarbonyl) per oxide; his (3.5.5-trim?! thy lhexanoyl) peroxide; dibenzoylperoxide jdilauroylperoxide jdinonaoylperoxide jdipropionylperoxide di-decanojrlperoxide;di-pelargonoylperoxidejdioctanoylperoxide ;di-tert. ' hutylperoxide jisopropylpercarbonate;paramenthanehydroperoxide;tert. butyl-peroxy-2-ethylhexanoate; tert.butyl-peroxyacetate; tert.butylperorybenzoate; fcert .butyl-peroxydiethylacetate; tert.butyl-peroxyisooutyrote; tert.butyl-peroxypivalate; 3)&ecomposition products of other compounds than those mentioned under 2) are not allowed to be present. Appendix 5 belonging to the Draft Decree for Packaging and UtensilsCCommo dities Act) Polypropylene In this appendix is understood under polypropylene: the homopolymer obtained by polymerizing exclusively propylene, as well as copolymers obtained by copolymerizing propylene with ethylene to products which consist for at least 80^ of propyleneTgroups. The commodities meant in paragraphs 2,3,4,and 5 of the Decree for Packaging and Utensils (Commodities Act), consisting of polypropylene have to comply with the following requirements: 1) yhe infrared sprectogram has to be characteristic for polypropylene Without added auxiliary compounds not more than 3.6fj of the polymer should dissolve in boiling ethylacetate; 2) the auxiliary compounds added to polypropylene have to be of good technical quality.If a maximum content is given for an auxiliary compound <s the content thereof in the final product, including its decomposition 1 I products should not exceed that given content.No, other auxiliary ) compounds and other compounds are permitted in the final product than those mentioned below: ' i a)antioxidants up to in tatal at qiost 1^(without carbon); the anti oxidants as listed in appendix 3, antioxidants; 4.4'-butylidene-his4 (6-tert.butyl-3-mekhylphenol) up to at most 0.5j&;carbon up to at most 3.5; - '1 1 b) blowing agents; adipic acid; succinic acid; ^carbonates of ammonium . potassium and sodium; citric acid; glutaric acid; levulinic acidjlactic r '* i ASI 00000337 acid; 15 o)emulsifiers, in total at most 0.5#: alJcyl( Cg-C12) benzene sulfonate, sodium saltjsodium salt of primary dodecylsulfate{ laurylsulfate); : d)slipping agents: di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate; di(H-ethylhexyl)phthalate; paraffine,liquid (refined mineral oil),which complies with the following requirements: the color has to he weaker than standard Saybolt 30;odorless,the absorp tion of ultraviolet light has to comply with the values described in appendix 6, Methods of Investigation; polyoxyethylene(polyethyleneglycol) molecularweight over 200, free of ethyleneglycol and diethylenegljccol; fatty acids,unbranched,saturated, C14-C , with even number of carbon atoms, as well as oleic acid, with a content of unsaponifiable components of at most 1#; fatty acids as described above, as salts with aluminum, ammonium, calcium,potassium, magnesium and sodium, also zincstaara'te; amides of fatty acids as above described and also erucamide; fatty acids as denscribed above, esterified with glycerol to triglycerides(fats) and to dir and monoglycerides; fatty acids as described above, wstrriflec with sorbitol and sorbitan; e)other compounds: barium sulfate; benzoic acid; U.N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)alkyl(C^g-C^g) amine, at most 0.1#; calcium carbonate, chalk;2.5-di(5-tert.butyl benzoxazolyl-2')thiophene; ethylencdiaminetetraacetie acid, sodium silts sawdust; 2^hydroxy-4n-octoxybenzophenone;isopropanol; kerosine,mixture of aliphatic rhydrocarbons;.C10-C14,mainly Clg-C13, with a boiling range of 190-260C, aromatic oontent 1.0#, almost odorless, at most 1.5# in the packaging material; innocuous dyes and pigments;magnesium carbonate; oxides of aluminum,magnesium, silicon, titanium and zinc; silicates of aluminum, calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium, inclu ding asbestos, diatomaceous earth, glassfibre,infusoria earth, caoline, clay, mica and talc; sorbic acid; zlncsulflde; fJdecomposltion products of the auxiliary compounds mentioned under a) to e); * ** * 3)decomposltion products Of other compounds than those mentioned under 2 are not allowed to be present. lt, Appendix 6 ! ; belonging to thq draft D.eoree for Packaging and Utensils AS I 00000338 - 16 ;(Commodities Act) Methods of Investigation . ;! Contents ; !; 1.Absorption of ultraviolet light by solid paraffine 2.Absorbtion of ultraviolet light by liquid paraffine i ;! 3.Antioxidants 4.Sodium dodecjrlsulfate( sodium laurylsulfate) and sodium alkyl(C^-C^g) benzenesulfonate 5.Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate 6.Peroxides ' ;7.Volatile compounds in polystyrene -' ! .8.Acrylonitrile and dininylbenzene in polystyrene( in preparation) 9.Solubility of polyethylene in ethylacetate 10.Solubility of polypropylene in ethylacetate , 1.Absorption of ultraviolet light by solid paraffine In principle the method of J.W,Howard,5.0.Haenni and F.L.Joe, J.A.0.A.C.48(1965) 304-315, which has been adopted in paragraph 121.1156 of the U.S.A. legislation, has been followed.Interessees are adirized to ask for a detailed description of the method with the Secretary of the Advisory Committee Commodities Act. 2.Absorption of ultraviolet light by litpiid paraffine In principle the*A.S.T.M.method D 2269-64 T Supplement 1965, adopted by paragraph 121.2589 of the U.S.A. legislation has been followed.interessees are advized to ask for a detailed description of the method with the Secretary of the Advisory Committee Commodities Act 3.Ant6oxidants The material is pulverized and extracted with ether.After mixing of the ether extract with mathanol polymeric components precipitate.Th filtrate is concentrated at 30-40C and 10 mm Hg pressure. The residue is separated by thin layer chromatography and identified on the basis of Rf-values and colorreactions according to R.F.van der Helde, A.C.Maagdenburg and J.H.van der ffeut, Cheoisch Weekblad 61,( (1965,440). Bolystyrene of very low molecular weight may disturb the identifi cation.When this appears to be so from the infrared spectrogram of the residue, the chromatograph!o investigation has to be extended. ASI 00000339 17 4.Sodium dodecylsulfate (sodium laurylsulfate) anA sodium alkyl (Cg-Ci5) benzenesulfonnte. 4,l,,Princlple. The polymer is dissolved in butanone and precipi tated from the solution with methanol and then filtered off.The filtrat us concentrated and the residue extracted with waterjthis aqueous solu- .,,oii con'Cains the emulsifiers. . The presence of sodium laurylsulfate or sodium lnurylbenzenesulfonaix '4.3) is demonstrated by applying thin layer chromatography. In order to determine these compounds, a solution of methyleneblue then added, with which the anionic emulsifiers form a complex soluble in chloroform.The solution is shaken with chloroform and the chloroform layer is separated off.Jhe absorbtion of the chloroform- layer is measured at 650 nm.Disturbing compounds are removed first by shaking with an alkaline and thereafter with an acidic solution of methyleneblue(4 A) 4.2Reagents and solutions. Butanone-2; methanol 88^;carrying solvent acetone-hydrochloric -'.'id: mix 20 parts by volume of acetone and 1 part by volume 1 n HC1; nethiyired bjtffer ,plle8.0: mix 36,5 ml buffer a with 13,5 ml buffer b, dissolve therein 60 mg methylred and add water up. to 200H ml.Buffer a: 12.4 g H^BO^ and 2.925 g NaCl in water to one literjbuffer V.19.06 g Irig'i^Oy.lO aq in water to one lirrfcer.Borate solution: mix equal parts of 0.C5 n borax and 0,1 n NaOE. ' .< hethyleneblue solution: dissolve 250 mg methyleneblue(medically pure) in 1 liter water; HgS0^,l n;chloroform:distill chlqroform puriss. over caiciumoxide.Store in a brown bottle without addition of ethanol for a;; most 5 days. j. - i: 4.3 Identification Bring 1 g of granulate of pieces of foil of 1 cm2 in a beaker with 25 ml butanone (beaker 250 ml) and stir until the polymer is dissolved. Then add 100 ml cold(0C) methanol with stirring. Keep the solution undisturbed for 1 hour at 0C and filter.Concen trate the clear solution under vacuum and passing through of nitrogen at room temperature td a volume of 10 ml.Bring 10 p.1 of this solution at the starting line of a glass plate coated with silicagel H(Herck) which lias been activated for 1 Jiqur at 115C.Plaoe this plate into a r ' ' ASI 00000340 development basin in which is contained a 1 cm layer of the carrying liquid acetone-hydro chloric acid.Take the plate out off the developmeii ;i hasin after 1^ hours, allow to dry at the air and spray with the methyli red buffer,The emulsifiers are then visible as dark pink spots,Sodium laurylbenzenesulfonate has an Rf value of 0,37 and sodium laurylsulfate of 0,49,If no other anionic emulsifiers than these are present the determination can be carried out according to 4.4 4,4 Investigation of excess of the allowed amount. Concentrate the solution, obtained according to 4,3 to dry.Extract the dry residue with 4 times 20 ml water fill up to 100 ml and filter this solution( solution E).Shake in a 250 ml separating funnel 50 ml distilled wtter, 10 ml. borate'solution, 5 ml methylene blue solution and 10 ml chloroform for 30 sec.Let the chloroform run off and repeat the shaking with portions of 10 ml chloroform and removal of the chlo roform layer until the last chloroform layer is colorless. Prepare acidic methyleneblue solution as follows: prepare in a second separating funnel an alkaline solution of methylene blue as described above and add 1 n HgSO^ to acidic reaction on dimethylyellow paper. Pufcify this solution also by shaking with chloroform as described above. Add to the separating funnel with the alkaline methylene blue solu tion 95 ml water, 5 ml solution E and 15 ml chloroform.Shake for 1 min. leave then undisturbed for 2 min. and then allow the chloroform layer . to run into the separating funnel with acidic methylene blue solution. Shake 1 min., leave 2 min, Undisturbed,put a swab in the stem of the separating funnel and let the chloroform layer flow into a 1 cm cuvet. ` Determine the optival density at 650 nm with respect to chloroform. Determine the blanc value of the reagents used and subtract these from the optical density obtained.The optioal density is allowed to be at most 1.20 when soditup dodecylsulfate has been found Jn the plastic and at most 0.90 when sodium laurylbensenesulfonate has been found In the plastic. 6.Di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate O Bring 5 g. granulate or pieces of foil of 1 cm and 25 ml diethylethej (freshly distilled, free of peroxide) in a roundbottom of 100 ml with * a stopper and place the roundbottom in the dark for 24 hourB.Pour off the ether layer in 100 ml methanol, mix and filter.Conoentrate the dear ASX 00000341^  -< : ! * 19 I: 5L '; r.*.. ' |f1 .V * ' ' ; I solution until Ary under vacuum and passing trough of nitrogen at room temperature.Add 1.00 ml carbontetrachloride(spectroscopically pure). iij'Kake the infrared spectrum in a 0.2 mm cuvet compared with pure carbon- ;j,.t : * * 1 tetrachloride. Determine the extinction at 8,90 u as followsrdruw a basis-transmis- ; : : j ', sion line between the points in the absorbtion curve at 8.40 p. and 9.15 1 ji.Read the transmission at 8,90 ja from the absorbtion curve(T,) and :fi` " read the transmission at the basis-transmission line at 8.40 u(.T ). V 'Ti -0 ... j.r. The extinction is -log .The extinction is not allowed to be more than : ' > `i::"-0.23. !' 6.PeroxideB i | i..:' , Weigh in 20 g polystyrene in a roundbottom with a stopper, remove |`!} i' i the air from the roundbottom by displacement by nitrogen, add 25 ml l ; . i 1 . ' n * ,!, ` > petroleum ether(b.p.40-60 C) and 5 ml methanol and shake the mixture * ^0r ^ hour.Filter over a wad of glasswool into a roundbottom of 25o ml ` r::' !i .:"r.ir !! from which the air has been displaced by nitrogen, and add 10 ml 16 n acetic acid and 2 g sodium iodide as powder.Connect a reflux cooler and I i j; -boil for 10 min. under reflux while introducing nitrogen through a ; `: tube into the liquid.Rinse the cooler with distilled water and titerate I . .: j, ' with 0.01 n thiosulfate.Carry out a blanc determination in addition to , i' i- the one with polystyrene.The number of ml "thioBUlfate, found for poly- , i- styrene is not allowed to differ more than 1.0 from that found in the ';V vblanc determination. i .t \ i'-i. ; 7.Volatile compounds in polystyrene. i I 7.1 Principle. The combined content of styrene, Alpha-methylstyrene * r; , i ' th* J '.> cumene and ethylbenzene is determined.To that extent the material is V ;! V':' dissolved in dichloromethane or chloroform and the polymer is precipl- stated from the solution, with methanol and then filtered off.The filtr- ate is checked by gas chromatography.For this purpose may be used a gaB : i t; chromatograph with"flameionisationdetector(method A) ofr a gaschroma- 1 > tograflh with catharometer(method B).Below an example of each method is I. described {instead of'tricresylphosphate other equally Btable polar : stationary phases may be used,With tricresylphosphate the following t ,r relative retention times with respect to butylbenxene are found: <: ; -.'e.tthylbe;nzene 0*33;eumene 0.45; styrene 0*53; alpha-methylstyrene 0.83. 'Apparatus. * < - ' ''! '' I, ,, .. " p. \ :'JV .:: . ASI 00000342 20 ,i For method A: gaschromatograph with flameionization detector; V` jcolumn:copper column, length 2 m,.internal diameter 3 mm, :filling:10 tricresylphosphate on Chromosorh *7 80-100 mesh; temperature:column 110C;inJection piece 130C; detectob tension 1X0 V; carrier gas;20 ml Kg/min.;hydrogen:20 ml/ipin,; oxygeh:80 ml/min.; volume of sample;0.5 jul ----- i' For method B: gas chromatograph with catharometer; * . * . ' column:copper column, length 2 m.f interior diameter 3 mm.; ii' ! .1, , filling: 10j& tricresylphosphate on Chromosorh V/ 80-100 mesh; temperature:column 110C.,injection piece 130C.; bridge current: 250 mA; carrier gas: 20 ml Hg/min.;volume of sample: 20 pi. 7.3 Solutions Standard solutions:weigh exactly 600 mg butylbenzene andcdissolve it in 1 1. of a mixture of dichloromethane(or chloroform)-methanol(2:1) A ]:t `/'l, *V rl, t r' *' , J * ` I PrefT&e herexvith solutions v/hich contain 100,200,500 and 1000 mg of V" ': f *. k'each of the following compounds: styrene (freshly distilled), alpha- v. . methylstyrene!freshly distilled), ethylbenzene and cumene.Internal, i!. standard solution: weigh exactly 900 mg butylbenzene and dissolve it .. In 1 1. of dichAoromethane or chloroform. : js, J* ' ; j!. 'r 7.4. Method Dissolve 1.5 g of polymer in 10 ml internal standard solution in a <; i> i-.`i! i- roundbottom of 100 ml. with stopper.Add slowly 5 ml methanol while : swinging round the roudbottom.Put the roundbottom in the refrigerator for 15 min,swing it round again and filterroff. i, . A Spray 0.5(or 20) pi of the filtrate on the column of the gaschroma- tograph.AdJust the amplifier to the suitable sensitivity after passage of the bo 1vent maximums and make the chromatogram.Measure the heights of the peaks for ethylbenzene, cumene, Snraxsnx styrene, alpha-methyl-___.. styrene and butylbenzene and calculate the ratio of the peak heights to that of butylbenzene,Read the respective concentrations in mg/ml from a standard graph, which has been obtained with the standard solutions, ... 7,5 Standard graph 1 Calculate for eaoh standard solution the.ratio of the height of the peaks, of the compounds to be determined to that of the butylbenzene peak. ASI 00000343 Plot this ratio graphically against the concentration An mg/ml.For each compound a straight line has to be found, 7,6 Calculation. The content of volatile compounds in the polymer is assumed to be equal to the sum of the concentrations found for the four compounds# 8,Acrylonitrile and divinylbenzene in polystyrene. In preparation. 9,Solubility of polyethylene in ethylacetate. (applicable to the basis-polymer as foil of 0.1 mm ob thinner or as powder finer than 80 mesh). Weigh 0,9 g material to Img accurate( = a mg) in a roundbottom of 500 ml and put said roundbottom in a waterbath of 50C.Add 250 ml ethylacetate p.a., which has been preheated to 50C. and place a mechanically activated stirrer in the liquid,Heat with stirring for 2 hours, remove the stirrer, filtrate warm or over a preheated* sintered glassfilter,on which a layer of glasswool has been applied, and rinse the roundbottom twice with 20-30 ml warm ethylacetate.Bring the filtrateb in a roundbottom with ground fitting and cooler and distill the ethylacetate until 50 ml is left.Transfer the distillation residue to a glass dish or thinwalled beaker of about 100 ml,, rinse with boiling ethylacetate and concentrate on a waterbath until dry.Place the dish or beaker in a vacuum dessicator until constant weight(at least i 12 hours) and weigh to 0.1 mg accurate.Diminish the weight found by the weight found, for a blanc test(difference- b mg) .Solubility- IP0 ^ ft. i^ 10.Solubility of polypropylene in ethylacetate, (applicable to the basis-polymer as foil of 0.1 mm or thinner or as powder finer than 80 mesh). Weigh 1.0 g. to 1 mg accurate ( = a mg.) in a roundbottom of 250 ml with ground connection, add some hntikKg cooking stones and loo ml. ethylacetate^fiSdnect a refliir cooler and boil for 11 Z hours.Filter'over a sintered glass filter on/which a layer of glass wool has been.applied, and which has been preheated with boiltng ethyl acetate, while the liquid is still close to the boiling point and rinse the roundbottom twice with 10 ml. boiling ethylacetate.Put the filtrate into a w&HJlifctwdt beaker (150 ml) and evaporate on a waterbath until dry. Put the beaker for 2 hours in tSdSsi&sKime at 105C then for 30 min in a desiocatoi and; weigh to 0.1 mg accurate.Diminish the weight found for the / residue, with the weight found by.carrying out a blano test(differaice ; ; . / ; . .`i ASI 00000344 ASI 00000345 Draft decree for packaging and utensils(Commodities Act) (from Dutch) Correction. In appendix 4, belonging to the draft decree for packaging and ----- utensils (Commodities Act), published in the Official Gazette of the Netherlands of Friday, December 23, 1966, nr.250, should be inserted on page 4, third column, under d,t after the twelfth line from the top: paraffin, liquid( refined mineral oil, which complies with the following requirements: * 4 The color has to be weaker than standard Saybolt 30 odor has to be absent the ahsorbtion of ultravi&let light has to comply with the requirem ents -described im appendix 6, 1'ethods of investigation polyoxyethylene( polyethylneneglycol), molecular weight more thm an 200, free of ethyleneglycol and diethyleneglycol polyethylene as described above, esterified with lauric acid,stearic acid, oleic acid or ricinoleic acid * polyoxypropylenc(polypropyleneglycol), molecular weight more than 400 Polyoxypropylene as described above, esterified with lauric acid, * stearic acid, oleic acid oi? ricinoleic acid, 1.2-propanecliol sto.aric acid, esterified with unbranched, saturated, primary alcohols with straight chain fatty acids, unbranchedn saturated, C14-Cgg, with an even number of carbon atoms, as well as oleic acid, with a content of at most leA of a unsaponifiable components fatty acids as described above, as salts with aluminum, ammonium, calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodlumjmoreover zincstearate fatty acids as described above, amides of -, and also erucamide fatty acids as described abd>ve, esterified with glycerol to tri- glycerides(fats) and to di- and monoglycerides fatty acids esvdescribed above, esterified with sorbitol and sorbitsn e. polymers, copolymers and mixed polymers, containing no other auxili ary compounds than according to this appendix and complying with the requirements set for the compounds concerned: copolymers of isobutylene with isoprene copolymers of ethylene and ethjrlacrylate, methylacrylate,methylmethacr ylate, vinylacetate and/or vinylbenzoate ASI 00000346 f 2 polyisobutylene(polybutylene-l) polypropylene polystyrene . ' ,. polyvinylalcohol( the viscosity of the 4fS solution in water has to ben at least 20 cP at,20C) v`,, . f.- other, compounds: amnoniunchloride ' . , . -bariunsulfate benzoic acid ' '. H.P-Ms {2-hydroxyethyl) alkyl (C12-C10) amine, at most 0.1# calcium- carbonate, chalk , 2.5-di ( 5-tett.-butylbenzoxazolyl-21 ) thiophene ethylenecUaninetctraacctic acid, sodium salts phosphates of ammonium, potassium and sodium * * sawdust ' a kerosine, mixtures of aliphatic hydrocarbons C,,,-C,,. mainly C -C 10. 14' * 12 13 with a boiling range of 190-260C.., aromate content of at most 1.0^, almost odorless, at most 1.5p in the packaging material 'dyes and pigments, harmless ' magnesiumcarbonate : oxides of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, titanium and z&nc </ ASI 00000347