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ISO 8442-2:1997
Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs -- Cutlery and table holloware -- Part 2: Requirements for stainless steel and silver-plated cutlery
This part of this Standard specifies material, performance requirements and test methods for table cutlery (knives, forks, spoons, carving sets, ladles, children's cutlery and other serving pieces).
This Standard is applicable to stainless steel cutlery and to silver-plated nickel silver, or silver-plated stainless steel, cutlery. It does not cover cutlery made wholly of precious metals, aluminium, non-stainless steel or that made entirely of nickel silver, nor does it cover gold-plated or chromium-plated cutlery.
Three minimum thicknesses of silver are specified for silver-plated cutlery.
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