SIST EN 648:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs - Determination of the
fastness of fluorescent whitened paper and board
Papier und Pappe vorgesehen für den Kontakt mit Lebensmitteln - Bestimmung der
Farbechtheit von optisch aufgehelltem Papier und Pappe
Papier et carton destinés à entrer en contact avec les denrées alimentaires -
Détermination de la solidité du papier et du carton blanchis par des agents d'azurage
fluorescents
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 648:2018
ICS:
67.250 Materiali in predmeti v stiku z Materials and articles in
živili contact with foodstuffs
85.060 Papir, karton in lepenka Paper and board
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 648
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2018
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 67.250; 85.060 Supersedes EN 648:2006
English Version
Paper and board intended to come into contact with
foodstuffs - Determination of the fastness of fluorescent
whitened paper and board
Papier et carton destinés à entrer en contact avec les Papier und Pappe vorgesehen für den Kontakt mit
denrées alimentaires - Détermination de la solidité du Lebensmitteln - Bestimmung der Farbechtheit von
papier et du carton blanchis par des agents d'azurage optisch aufgehelltem Papier und Pappe
fluorescents
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 July 2018.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Principle . 4
5 Materials and equipment . 5
6 Reagents . 5
7 Sampling . 6
8 Preparation of sample . 6
9 Procedure. 6
10 Test conditions . 7
11 Comparison papers . 7
11.1 Solutions for comparison papers . 7
11.2 Preparation of fluorescent whitened comparison papers . 7
12 Evaluation . 8
13 Test report . 8
Annex A (informative) Determination of the fastness of fluorescent whitened paper and
board on large samples . 9
A.1 Scope . 9
A.2 Preparation of large samples . 9
A.3 Test report . 9
Bibliography . 10

European foreword
This document (EN 648:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 172 “Pulp, paper
and board”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2019.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 648:2006.
With regard to EN 648:2006 the following changes have been made:
a) Clause 1 “Scope” has been revised and extended;
b) in Clause 6 “Reagents” the test fluid “saliva simulant ” has been removed and the test fluid “alkaline
salt solution” has been introduced;
c) new test conditions, matching the use of the tested papers and boards;
d) new definition for the glass fibre paper;
e) editorial changes.
Attention shall be drawn to the fact that the glass fibre papers have not been duly validated before the
publication of this standard.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document describes procedures for the testing of the fastness of fluorescent whitened paper and
board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. Some procedures depending on the foreseeable
use of the material are given.
Visual absence of the glass fibre paper’s fluorescence under UV light is evaluated.
For samples having significant different sides, a migration can occur from one glass fibre to the other
and could lead to wrong interpretation of the fastness of one side. It is advisable to check these samples
using large sampling procedure to prevent cross contamination of the glass fibre during the migration
procedure. The procedure is described in Annex A. If lower limit of detection is required, this procedure
can also be used.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 186, Paper and board - Sampling to determine average quality (ISO 186)
EN ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods (ISO 3696)
ISO 6588-2, Paper, board and pulps - Determination of pH of aqueous extracts – Part 2: Hot extraction
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following term and definition applies.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
fastness
ineffective transfer of fluorescent whitening agent from paper, to a glass fibre paper saturated with a
test fluid and evaluated visually under UV-light against a series of comparison papers
4 Principle
A sample is brought into contact with glass fibre papers which have been saturated with a test fluid and
placed under load for a given time. The stai
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