ISO/TS 210:2014
(Main)Essential oils — General rules for packaging, conditioning and storage
Essential oils — General rules for packaging, conditioning and storage
ISO/TS 210:2014 describes the specifications to be met by the containers intended for containing essential oils, as well as recommendations relating to their conditioning and storage. Essential oils are used for different purposes: food use, pharmaceutical use, perfumery and cosmetic use, reference samples or test samples, and industrial raw materials.
Huiles essentielles — Règles générales d'emballage, de conditionnement et de stockage
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TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 210
First edition
2014-06-01
Essential oils — General rules for
packaging, conditioning and storage
Huiles essentielles — Règles générales d’emballage, de
conditionnement et de stockage
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ISO/TS 210:2014(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Composition of the containers . 1
2.1 Materials for containers intended for containing essential oils for food use . 1
2.2 Materials for containers intended for containing essential oils for pharmaceutical use . 4
2.3 Materials for containers intended for containing essential oils for perfumery and
cosmetic use . 4
2.4 Materials for containers intended for containing reference samples or test samples of
essential oils . 5
2.5 Materials for containers intended for containing essential oils used as industrial
raw materials . 5
[18]
3 Pigments or colourings . 5
4 Characteristics for containers intended for containing essential oils .5
4.1 Types. 5
4.2 Capacity . 6
4.3 Closures . 6
4.4 External solderings . 6
5 Conditioning and storage . 6
5.1 Conditioning . 6
5.2 Storage . 6
5.3 Special cases . 7
Bibliography . 8
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Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 54, Essential oils.
This first edition of ISO/TS 210 cancels and replaces ISO/TR 210:1999 which has been technically
revised.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 210:2014(E)
Essential oils — General rules for packaging, conditioning
and storage
1 Scope
This Technical Specification describes the specifications to be met by the containers intended for
containing essential oils, as well as recommendations relating to their conditioning and storage.
Essential oils are used for different purposes:
— food use;
— pharmaceutical use;
— perfumery and cosmetic use;
— reference samples or test samples;
— industrial raw materials.
According to the use of the essential oils, it is necessary to use appropriate containers which also meet
the requirements of national, European, or international regulations.
This Technical Specification describes the materials to be used for the containers intended for containing
essential oils, depending on the uses listed above. It also gives some general rules and recommendations
relating to the properties of these containers and their conditioning and storage.
NOTE The information given in this Technical Specification does not substitute for the regulations in force in
the different countries.
2 Composition of the containers
Essential oils shall be packed in containers which, by their nature, do not cause alteration of the product
and which protect it against any external attack.
Generally, the container materials shall be inert towards the packed product so as to prevent any
simultaneous damage of the product and of the material.
2.1 Materials for containers intended for containing essential oils for food use
[1]
2.1.1 Glass
Type III glass (soda-calcic glass, according to Pharmacopoeia standards), is advisable as it permits to
keep the organoleptic properties of the essential oils.
Tinted antiactinic glass is always advisable.
2.1.2 Metals and alloys
[2]
2.1.2.1 Stainless steel
These materials shall contain at least 13 % of chromium.
They also may contain nickel and manganese.
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Furthermore, one or more of the following elements in Table 1 may be included, with the following limit
for each of them.
Table 1
Tantalum 1 % max.
Niobium 1 % max.
Zirconium 1 % max.
Molybdenum 4 % max.
Titanium 4 % max.
Aluminium 4 % max.
Copper 4 % max.
[3][4][5]
2.1.2.2 Aluminium and aluminium alloys
2.1.2.2.1 Aluminium shall be at least 99 % pure
The total content of impurities shall not exceed 1 %, and they are limited as shown in Table 2.
Table 2
Iron + Silicon Lower than 1 %
Titanium 0,15 % max.
Chromium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Magnesium, 0,1 % max (for each of these elements)
Nickel, Tin
Lead, Thallium, Beryllium, and each of the other pre- 0,05 % max (for each of these elements
sent impurities
Copper Between 0,10 % (m/m) and 0,20 % (m/m), on condition
that the chromium and manganese contents are less
than 0,05 % (m/m)
2.1.2.2.2 In the aluminium alloys, the percentage (m/m) of the elements which may be added or which
are present as impurities, shall not exceed the following values in Table 3.
Table 3
Silicon 13,5 % max.
Magnesium 11 % max.
Manganese 4 % max.
Nickel 3 % max.
Iron 2 % max.
Copper 0,6 % max.
Antimony 0,4 % max.
Chromium 0,35 % max.
Titanium 0,3 % max.
Zirconium 0,3 % max.
Zinc 0,25 % max
Strontium 0,2 % max.
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Table 3
Tin 0,1 % max.
Arsenic, Tantalum, Beryllium, Thallium, Lead, and each 0,05 % max, with a total ≤ to 0,15 %
of the other impurities present.
The anodization of aluminium or aluminium alloy materials and objects complying with the provisions
of Article 2 and 3 of Reference [3] shall be only carried out in a diluted bath of the following acids or their
mixtures:
— sulfuric acid;
— sulfomaleic acid;
— sulfosalicilic acid;
— oxalic acid;
— phosphoric acid.
The anodic layer may be coloured by pigments or colourings, provided that they are authorized by the
regulations in force in the countries concerning the materials and products in contact with food. (See
Clause 3).
A compulsory final filling operation is applied with the exception of the aluminium or aluminium
alloy materials and products anodized in a phosphoric medium or covered by coating, in conformity
with the Article 4 of Reference [3]. This operation shall be carried out with distilled or demineralized
water containing either 8 g/l of nickel acetate and 1 g/l of cobalt acetate or one of these two salts at the
maximum concentrations indicated.
All the technical conditions and particularly the temperature and the standing time shall be chosen in
such a way that, at the end of the operation, the oxide layer formed during the anodization process, loses
its absorption power due to its natural porosity, and acquires optimum inertness.
[6][7]
2.1.2.3 Tin
This material shall contain at least 97 % of tin, determined as metastannic acid, and not more than 0,5 %
of lead or 300 mg/kg of arsenic.
[6]
2.1.2.4 Copper, zinc, galva
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