IS 14971 : 2001 Polycarbonate Resins For Its Safe Use In Contact With Foodstuffs, Pharmaceuticals And Drinking Water - Specification

ICS 67.250; 83.080.20                                        PCD 12

Reaffirmed 2020

1 Scope

1.1 This standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test for polycarbonate resins for the manufacture of items used in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and drinking water.

1.2 This standard does not purport to establish suitability of polycarbonate in contact with particular foodstuff, pharmaceutical or drinking water, from other than toxicological considerations.

2 References

IS 4905 : 1968 Methods of random sampling

IS 9833 : 1981 List of pigments and colourants for use in plastics in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and drinking water

IS 9845 : 1998 Determination of overall migration of constituents of plastics materials and articles intended to come in contact with foodstuffs - Methods of analysis

IS 14972 : 2001 Positive list of constituents of polycarbonate resins in contact with foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and drinking water