ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8442-4 First edition 1997-12-15 Corrected 1998-01-15 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs Cutlery and table holloware Part 4: Requirements for gold-plated cutlery Materiaux et objets en contact avec les denrées alimentaires-Coutellerie etorfevreriedetable Partie 4:Exigences relatives a la coutellerie etaux couverts dores ISO Referencenumber ISO 8442-4:1997(E) ISO 8442-4:1997(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 dnon on that committee. International organizations, governmental and governmental, in liaison with Iso,also take part in the work. Iso collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnical 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 StandardISO8442-4was prepared by. the European Committeefor Standardization(CEN)incollaboration withSO Technical CommitteeTC186,Cutleryandtableanddecorativemetalhollow-ware,in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between isO and CEN (ViennaAgreement). ISO 8442 consists of the following parts, under the general title Materials andarticles incontactwithfoodstuffsCutleryandtableholloware: Part1:Requirementsforcutleryforthepreparationoffood Part2:Requirementsforstainlesssteelandsilver-platedcutlery Part3:Requirementsforsilver-platedtableanddecorativeholloware Part 4:Requirements forgold-plated cutlery Furtherparts areproposed with thefollowing titles: Part5:Specificcouttingtest Part6:Lacqueredlightlysilver-platedtableanddecorativeholloware ISO1997 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Organization for Standardization Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneve20.Switzerland Internet [email protected] X.400 C=ch; a=400net; p=iso; o=isocs; S=central Printed in Switzerland ii @ISO ISO8442-4:1997(E) Part7:Specification for table cuttlery made of precious metals and theiralloys, especiallysilvercutlery Part8:Specificationforsilvertableand decorativeholloware Annexes A to E form an integral part of this part of ISO 8442.AnnexF is for information only. ii