After a long testing period, in January and May 2015 Dalla Corte finally obtained the NSF/ANSI 4 and NSF/ANSI 372 certifications, acknowledged by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In the USA, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) established new criteria for food contact materials, thus prompting a challenging search of new metal alloys.
The NSF/ANSI 4 “Commercial Cooking, Rethermalization and Powered Hot Food Holding and Transport Equipment” certification attests that machine parts in contact with water do not release toxic substances, nor jeopardise the quality of the final product.
The NSF/ANSI 372 “Drinking Water System Components – Lead Content” standard allows a maximum lead content of 0.25% in metal alloys. Products complying with this US standard can thus be legally considered “lead free”.
For this reason – after the positive outcomes of the testing carried out by the independent Intertek Group – Dalla Corte espresso machines now carry the ETL Sanitation and ETL Listed marks, which certify their compliance with North American sale and distribution standards.
Dalla Corte decided to comply with FDA criteria and to be ahead of its time in Europe by manufacturing the water contact parts of all its espresso machines in two new brass alloys – CW 510L and CW 509L – that do not release heavy metals but preserve their reliability and great thermal stability.
Dalla Corte has been the first espresso machine manufacturer in the world to use the new certified materials in all the machines built in the Baranzate plant (Milan, Italy), and not only in the machines that are destined to the US market.
A new record we are very proud of.
