On 15 October the Council adopted the Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs,1which had been proposed by the Commission in 1974.2This Directive is designed to protect human health and guarantee the purity of foodstuffs by limiting the amounts of lead and cadmium that may be transferred to food by the articles in question.
Il 15 ottobre il Consiglio ha adottato la direttiva relativa al ravvicinamento delle legislazioni degli Stati membri per quanto riguarda gli oggetti di ceramica destinati ad entrare in contatto con i prodotti alimentari (5), proposta dalla Commissione nel