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ASEANSecretariatJakartaASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffs3The

Association

of

Southeast

Asian

Nations

(ASEAN)

was

established

on

8

August

1967.The

Member

States

areBrunei

Darussalam,

Cambodia,

Indonesia,

Lao

PDR,

Malaysia,

Myanmar,

Philippines,

Singapore,

Thailand

andVietNam.The

ASEANSecretariatisbasedinJakarta,Indonesia.Forinquiries,contact:The

ASEANSecretariatCommunityRelationsDivision(CRD)70A

JalanSisingamangarajaJakarta12110,

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ASEANSecretariat,

April2023363.192591.

ASEAN–FoodSafety–MRA2.FoodHygiene–FoodContactMaterialsASEAN:

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ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsContentsFOREWORD.....................................................................................................2SECTION1INTRODUCTION..........................................................................3SECTION2OBJECTIVE..................................................................................3SECTION3SCOPE.........................................................................................3SECTION4DEFINITIONS...............................................................................4SECTION5GENERAL

PRINCIPLES

ANDREQUIREMENTS........................4SECTION6SPECIFICMIGRATIONLIMIT

FORCERAMICARTICLES....................................................................................5SECTION7LABELLING..................................................................................5SECTION8DECLARATIONOFCOMPLIANCE..............................................5SECTION9

TRACEABILITY.............................................................................6SECTION10INSPECTION

ANDCONTROL

MEASURES.............................6SECTION11

REFERENCES...........................................................................

6ANNEX:DECLARATIONOFCOMPLIANCE..................................................7ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffs1ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsFOREWORDThe

development

of

the

ASEAN

General

Guidelines

on

Food

Contact

Materials

(FCM)has

been

undertaken

by

the

Prepared

Foodstuff

Product

Working

Group

(PFPWG)established

by

the

ASEAN

Consultative

Committee

for

Standards

and

Quality(ACCSQ).The

document

is

endorsed

by

the

26th

Meeting

of

PFPWG

(April

2018)

andprovides

general

guidelines

for

FCM

while

speci?c

requirements

will

be

developed

inseparatedocuments.To

support

the

implementation

of

the

ASEAN

General

Guidelines

on

FCM,

PFPWGhas

also

developed

the

ASEAN

Guidelines

for

Good

Manufacturing

Practice

for

FoodContact

Materials

(GMP

for

FCM).

The

document

is

endorsed

by

the

29th

Meeting

ofPFPWG(November2019)andprovidesguidelinesforGMP

forFCMtoensurethatallFCMshallbemanufacturedincompliancewithGMP.TheASEAN

Guidelines

on

Speci?c

Measures

for

CeramicArticles

Intended

to

Comeinto

Contact

with

Foodstuffs

are

elaborated

as

part

of

the

development

of

speci?cmeasures

for

17

groups

of

FCM

as

listed

in

the

Annex

of

the

ASEAN

GeneralGuidelinesonFCM.2ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsSECTION1

INTRODUCTIONASEAN

Guidelines

on

Speci?c

Measures

for

Ceramic

Articles

Intended

to

Comeinto

Contact

with

Foodstuffs

include

relevant

points

from

(a)

to

(j)

of

Section

6

ofthe

ASEAN

General

Guidelines

on

FCM,

as

appropriate

for

ceramic

articles.

TheseGuidelines

should

be

used

in

conjunction

with

the

ASEAN

General

Guidelines

on

FCMandthe

ASEANGuidelinesforGMP

forFCM.SECTION2

OBJECTIVEThis

document

is

intended

primarily

for

use

by

competent

authorities

and

manufacturersto

ensure

production

of

safe

ceramic

articles.

This

document

also

provides

guidanceon

traceability

system

to

assist

all

relevant

business

operators

to

identify

and

controlthe

key

parameters

determining

compliance

of

ceramic

articles

with

the

relevantrequirements,

thereby

protecting

consumers

and

facilitating

trade

among

ASEANMemberStates.SECTION3

SCOPEThisdocumentappliestoceramicarticlesintheir?nishedstatethat:???Areintendedtobebroughtintocontactwithfood;orArealreadyincontactwithfoodandwereintendedforthatpurpose;orCan

reasonably

be

expected

to

be

brought

into

contact

with

food

or

to

transfertheirconstituentstofoodundernormalorforeseeableconditionsofuse.TheseGuidelinesapplytothefollowingceramicarticles:???Flatware;Hollowware(small,large,storage,aswellascupsandmugs);Cookware.ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffs3The

Guidelines

prescribes

speci?c

limits

on

the

migration

of

lead

and

cadmium

fromtheabovementionedarticles.Household

and

kitchenware

articles

made

from

glass

and

enamelled

articles

are

not

inthescopeofthepresentGuidelines.SECTION4

DEFINITIONSThede?nitionscontainedinSection4ofthe

ASEANGeneralGuidelinesonFCM,andin

Section

2

of

the

ASEAN

Guidelines

for

GMP

for

FCM

apply

in

this

document.

Inaddition,thefollowingde?nitionsalsoapply:a.

Ceramic

articles

means

articles

manufactured

from

a

mixture

of

inorganicmaterials

with

a

generally

high

argillaceous

or

silicate

content

to

which

smallquantities

of

organic

materials

may

have

been

added.

These

articles

are

?rstshaped

and

the

shape

thus

obtained

is

permanently

?xed

by

?ring.

They

maybe

glazed,

enamelled

and/or

decorated.

The

ceramic

articles

addressed

intheseguidelinesareintendedforfoodcontactapplications.b.

Flatware

means

ceramic

article

having

an

internal

depth

not

exceeding

25mm,

measured

from

the

lowest

point

to

the

horizontal

plane

passing

throughthepointofover?ow.c.

Hollowware

means

ceramic

article

having

an

internal

depth

greater

than

25mm,

measured

from

the

lowest

point

to

the

horizontal

plane

passing

throughthepointofover?ow.Hollowwareissubdividedintothreecategoriesbasedonvolume:????Small:hollowwarewithacapacity<1.1L;Large:hollowwarewithacapacityof≥1.1L

andlessthan3L;Storage:hollowwarewithacapacityof≥3L;Cups

and

mugs:

small

ceramic

hollowware

commonly

used

forconsumptionofbeverages,e.g.,coffeeorteaatelevatedtemperature.d.

Cookware

means

ceramic

ware

speci?cally

intended

to

be

heated

in

thecourseofpreparationoffoodanddrinks.4ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsSECTION5

GENERAL

PRINCIPLES

ANDREQUIREMENTSThe

safety

principles

and

requirement

set

forth

in

Section

5

of

the

ASEAN

GeneralGuidelinesonFCMapplyalsotoceramicarticles.SECTION6

SPECIFICMIGRATION

LIMITFORCERAMICARTICLESSpeci?c

limits

on

the

migration

of

lead

and

cadmium

apply

to

ceramic

articles,

as

laiddowninTable

1reportedbelow:Table

1LimitsofMigrationCeramic

ArticlesLead0.8mg/dm22.0mg/I1.0mg/l0.5mg/l0.5mg/l0.5mg/lCadmium0.07mg/dm20.5mg/lFlatwareSmallHollowwareLargeHollowwareStorageHollowwareCupsandMugsCookware0.25mg/l0.25mg/l0.25mg/l0.05mg/lTest

conditions:

for

all

ceramic

articles

the

migration

test

is

carried

out

in

4%

aceticacid

solution

at

22

±

2°C

for

24

±

0.5

hours.

Three

consecutive

tests

should

be

madeon

a

single

sample,

and

the

results

of

the

third

test

should

be

compared

with

therecommendedlimitsinordertocon?rmcompliance.Test

methodsforthereleaseofleadandcadmiumaredescribedinISO6486-1:2019,whichmaybetakenasreference.ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffs5SECTION7

LABELLINGLabelling

of

ceramic

articles

should

be

made

in

accordance

with

Section

7

of

theASEANGeneralGuidelinesonFCM.SECTION8

DECLARATION

OFCOMPLIANCEThe

Declaration

of

Compliance

should

be

issued

in

accordance

with

Section

8

of

theASEANGeneralGuidelinesonFCMandthe

AnnextotheseGuidelines.SECTION9

TRACEABILITYThe

traceability

of

ceramic

articles

should

be

made

in

accordance

with

the

provisionsofSection9ofthe

ASEANGeneralGuidelinesonFoodContactMaterials.Traceabilityshouldbeginatthepointinwhichtheceramicarticleismanufacturedwiththe

intention

of

being

used

in

food

contact

applications,

and

the

articles

shall

be

traceduptotheretailingstage.SECTION10

INSPECTION

ANDCONTROL

MEASURESInspection

of

ceramic

articles,

and

control

that

the

provisions

established

underSections

5,

6

and

7

above

are

ful?lled

fall

under

the

responsibility

of

the

CompetentAuthorities

of

each

ASEAN

Member

State.

Inspection

and

control

measures

ofceramic

articles

should

be

made

in

accordance

with

Section

10

of

the

ASEAN

GeneralGuidelinesonFCM.6ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffsSECTION11

REFERENCESThe

following

documents

are

normatively

referenced

in

this

document

and

should

beappliedinconjunctionwithit.a.

ASEANGeneralGuidelinesonFoodContactMaterials;b.

ASEAN

Guidelines

for

Good

Manufacturing

Practice

for

Food

Contact

Materials;c.

ISO

6486-1

Ceramic

ware,

glass

ceramic

ware

and

glass

dinnerware

in

contactwithfood—Releaseofleadandcadmium—Part1:Test

method;d.

ISO

6486-2

Ceramic

ware,

glass-ceramic

ware

and

glass

dinnerware

incontact

with

food

—

Release

of

lead

and

cadmium

—

Part

2:

Permissible

limits.ASEANGuidelinesonSpeci?cMeasuresforCeramic

ArticlesIntendedtoComeintoContactwithFoodstuffs7ANNEX