INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 8442-2 First edition 1997-12-15 Corrected 1998-01-15 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Cutlery and table holloware - Part 2: Requirements for stainless steel and silver-plated cutlery Materiaux et objets en contact avec les denrees alimentaires - Coutellerie et orfevreriedetable- Partie 2: Exigences relatives a la coutellerie et aux couverts en acier inoxydable et en metal argenté OSI Reference number ISO 8442-2:1997(E) ISO 8442-2:1997(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non- governmental, in liaison with Iso. also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. International Standard IsO 8442-2 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in coliaboration with ISO Technical Committee TC 186, Cutlery and table and decorative metal hollow-ware, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between iso and CEN (Vienna Agreement). This first edition cancels and replaces Is0 8442:1988, which has been technically revised. Iso 8442 consists of the following parts, under the general title Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Cutlery and table holloware: Part 1: Requirements for cutlery for the preparation of food Part 2: Requirements for stainless steel and silver-plated cutlery Part 3: Requirements for silver-plated table and decorative holloware Part 4:Requirements for gold-plated cutlery Further parts are proposed with the following tities: Part 5: Specific cutting test @ ISO 1997 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified. no part of this publication may be reproduced orutilized in any formorby anymeans,electronic ormechanical, includingphotocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Organization for Standardization Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneve 20 . Switzerland Internet central@iso.ch X.400 C=ch; a=400net; p=iso; o=isocs; S=central Printed in Switzerland ii ISO8442-2:1997(E) @ISO Part 6: Lacquered lightly silver-plated table and decorative holloware 一 Part 7: Specification for table cutlery made of precious metals and - theiralloys, especially silvercutlery Part 8:Specification for silvertableand decorativeholloware 一 for information only. ili