Whereas the principle underlying this Directive should be that any material or article intended to come into contact or which is intentionally in contact either directly or indirectly with foodstuffs, must be sufficiently stable not to transfer substances to the foodstuffs in quantities which could endanger human health or bring about an unacceptable change in the composition of the foodstuffs or a deterioration in the organoleptic properties thereof;
ker naj bi bilo načelo, ki je osnova te direktive, da morajo biti vsi materiali in izdelki, namenjeni stiku ali so neposredno ali posredno v stiku z živili, primerno obstojni, da ne prenašajo snovi na živila v količinah, ki bi lahko ogrožale zdravje ljudi ali povzročale nesprejemljivo spremembo v sestavi živil ali poslabšanje njihovih organoleptičnih lastnosti;