Commodities Based on Polyurethanes聚氨酯用品.pdfVIP

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment This is an unofficial translation. Only the German version is binding. XXXIX. Commodities Based on Polyurethanes As of 01.06.1998 There are no objections to the use of polyurethanes in the manufacture of commodities in the sense of § 2, Para. 6, No. 1 of the Food and Feed Code (Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetz- buch (LFGB)), provided they are suitable for their intended purpose and comply with the follow- ing conditions: 1. Preamble 1 Most articles or coatings made of polyurethane do not come into direct contact with foodstuffs with their entire surface area or over prolonged periods of time, but usually with just a part of their surface for a limited time. Depending on the different uses to which they are put in prac- tice, commodities made of polyurethane are divided into three categories: prolonged contact, medium contact and short contact. In order to characterise the different categories, examples of the commodities placed in each are given below. 2. Substances used to manufacture commodities from polyurethanes The use of starting materials is subject to the Commodities Regulation (Bedarfsgegenstände- verordnung). The evaluation presented in the following refers to polymers from the following monomeric starting substances: Category 1: Adipic acid Carbonic acid (from diphenyl carbonate) 1,2-Ethanediol 1,2-Propanediol Glycerol 1,6-Hexanediol 1,4-Butanediol 2,2-Dimethylpropanediol Diethyleneglycol as well as polyesters with terminal hydroxy groups produced from thediols and acids listed above as far as they are covered by the positive list of the Commodities Regulation (Bedarfsgegenständeverordnung) Polyethers based on ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and/or tetrahydrofurane wiith free hydroxy groups as far as they are covered by the positive list of the Commodities