Are Brass Fittings Food Safe

It verified earlier research by edwards which expressed concern about relatively lax standards testing used to certify brass devices for use in plumbing systems as safe.

Are brass fittings food safe. Food grade sanitary i line q line. So i ignored the warning. I tried to search on line and wasn t able to find anything about mueller being food safe. So that got me thinking that the brass float value may not be either.

Food grade sanitary din 11851 threaded. Acetylene also forms explosive compounds with copper copper salts mercury mercury salts silver silver salts and nitric acid. They also adhere to nsf ansi safety standards so they re safe to use with food beverages and dairy. Food grade sanitary sms swedish metric standard food grade sanitary tri clamp weld.

Food grade sanitary pacific coast threaded. What you don t want to do with brass is make a pipe like the kids over in stonerengineering i think some brass can contain lead or other metals you don t want to heat and smoke from but it s a pretty standard material for gas fittings. In response to that work. Food grade sanitary acme bevel seat threaded.

Brass is fine for this. Needless to say the valves and fittings on acetylene cylinders are not made from brass. Brass coming in direct contact with acetylene may form explosive acetylides. I went down to the hardware store to buy some adapters to attach the hose to the valve and noticed that the adapters which are brass are not food safe.

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