Digg:
Here in the US, the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for regulating what is microwave-safe. A plastic dish that meets their approval will say “microwave-safe” somewhere on the container, or feature a square icon with wavy lines.
The thing is, the FDA is not going out and testing every single plastic dish on the market, they’re just set the testing standards for a microwave-safe dish. It’s up to the manufacturer to test to the FDA’s standards, and then label their goods as microwave-safe. In other words, there are microwave-safe containers, and then there are containers which have yet to be proven as microwave-safe.
Just to be on the safe side, I never microwave anything in the container it comes in.
“The thing is, the FDA is not going out and testing every single plastic dish on the market, they’re just set the testing standards for a microwave-safe dish. It’s up to the manufacturer to test to the FDA’s standards, and then label their goods as microwave-safe.”
That’s how product testing is done in general, with some exceptions.
I am sure the Trump administration will soon end such stupid regulations. Why tell people whether a dish is safe or not? Let them find out, and pay for it!
My rule: Never microwave anything in plastic. Period.