Standards for Apparatus and Container-Packages made of Synthetic Resins
1.General Standards
Materials test

Test
TypeTest item

Synthetic resin in general Cadmium, LeadElution test

Standards
Not more than 100 mg/g

Test item

Leaching solution

Heavy Metal
4% acetic acid
Quality of potassium
Waterpermanganate(except for PhenolicResin, Melamine Resin,and Urea
Formaldehyde Resin)

Leaching conditions

Standards

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 1 mg/ml

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 10 mg/ml

2.Specific Standards
Materials test

Test
TypePhenolic Resin, MelamineResin, and UreaFormaldehyde Resin

Test item

Elution test

Standards

Test item

Leaching solution

Leaching conditions

Standards

PhenolWater60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 5 mg/ml

Formaldehyde

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not determined

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

Evaporation residue *3 heptan
20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acid
Synthetic resin made offormaldehyde

Formaldehyde

Water

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not determined

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *14% acetic acid
Polyvinyl chloride

Dibutyl tin compounds Not more than 50 mg/g

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 150 mg/ml
Not more than 30 mg/ml

Cresol phosphate

Not more than 1,000 mg/g

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Vinyl chloride

Not more than 1 mg/g

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acid1

Materials test

Test
Type
Polyethylene andPolypropyrene

Test item

Standards

Elution test
Test item

Leaching solution

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Leaching conditions
25ºC，1hr.

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1Standards
Not more than 30 mg/ml
Not more than 150 mg/ml
for a sample used at thetemperature of 100ºC orless
Not more than 30 mg/ml

4% acetic acidVolatile substance *2

Not more than 5,000 mg/g

Polystyrene foam
Volatile substance *2(Limited to that using hot Styrenewater)
Ethylbenzene

Not more than 2,000 mg/g

Polyvinylidene chloride

Not more than 100 mg/g

Polystyrene

BariumVinylidene chloride

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 240 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

Not more than 1,000 mg/g

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1Not more than 1,000 mg/g

4% acetic acid

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Not more than 6 mg/g

25ºC，1hr.

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 30 mg/ml

4% acetic acid
Polyethylene
terephthalate

Antimony

4% acetic acid

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 0.05 mg/ml

Germanium

4% acetic acid

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 0.1 mg/ml

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

Evaporation residue *3 heptan
20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acidPolymethyl methacrylate

Methyl methacrylate

20% ethanol

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Not more than 15 mg/ml

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acid

260ºC，30min.

Materials test

Test
Type

Test item

Standards

Elution test
Test item
e-Caprolactam

Nylon

Leaching solution
20% ethanol

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Leaching conditions

Standards

60ºC，30min.

Not more than 15 mg/ml

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acidPolymethyl pentene

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 120 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

Water60ºC, 30min. *1

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

4% acetic acid
Polycarbonate

Bisphenol A(including phenol andp-t- butylphenol)

Not more than 500 mg/g

Bisphenol A *3
(including phenol andp-t- butylphenol)

heptan25ºC，1hr.

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 2.5 mg/ml

4% acetic acid

Polyvinyl alcohol

Diphenylcarbonate

Not more than 500 mg/g

Amines(triethylamine andtributylamine)

Not more than 1 mg/g

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

25ºC，1hr.

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 30 mg/ml

4% acetic acid
Evaporation residue *3 heptan

25ºC，1hr.

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 30 mg/ml

4% acetic acid
Polylactic acid

Lactic acid

Water

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

60ºC, 30min. *1

Not more than 30 mg/ml

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water

60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acid
Polyethylene naphthalate

Germanium

4% acetic acid

Evaporation residue *3 heptan

Not more than 0.1 mg/ml

25ºC，1hr.

Not more than 30 mg/ml

20% ethanol

60ºC，30min.

Water60ºC, 30min. *1

4% acetic acid
360ºC, 30min. *1

*1 95ºC for 30 minutes when used at the temperature exceeding 100ºC.
*2 A total of styrene, toluene, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, and n-propylbenzene.
*3 The below solvent is used as leaching solution in apparatus and container-packages for the below food, respectively.
Food

Leaching solution

Fats and oils and fatty foods

heptanAlcoholic bevarages
Foods except for fats
pH value exceed 5.
and oil and fatty foods
and alcoholic
pH value is 5 or lessbevarages

20% ethanol
Water
4% acetic acid4