Thank you Lydia. I will send you a copy of the paper and information about the European Standard. The Standard requires  volume markers on bottles to be accurate (within 5ml for volumes under 100ml and 5% for volumes over 100ml) but only requires 3 volumes to be actually tested. It’s essentially an honour system however- no one checks and there’s no regulation of how often testing must occur. It also includes requirements related to manufacturing materials and how teats must be made etc.
In our study bottles that claimed compliance with the European Standard were no less likely to have inaccurate markers than those that did not claim compliance with the European Standard.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> 
> Thank you Karleen, and congratulations!
> 
> Yes, I would be very interested to get a direct link to the information
> (ploughing through websites of the European laws is not a talent of mine :-)
> - or any other way where I can find *markers* on bottles don't have to be
> accurate in Europe. So what is the standard about? Material made of (like
> BPA-free and such?)?
> 
> Thank you in advance. 
> 
> In admiration, 
> Lydia, LLL, Netherlands

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