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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/ISR/1211

Notification No.

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Title

SI 1003 part 1.2 - Release of lead and cadmium from ware in contact with food: Ceramic ware, glass ceramic ware and glass dinnerware - Permissible limits

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Product Covered

Release of lead and cadmium from ceramic and glass tableware

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HSCODE

6911 - Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts of metal); 6912 - Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts of metal); 701310 - Glassware of glass ceramics, of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (excl. goods of heading 7018, cooking hobs, leaded lights and the like, lighting fittings and parts thereof, atomizers for perfume and the like)

ICSCODE

67.250 - Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs; 81.040.30 - Glass products; 81.060.20 - Ceramic products; 97.040.60 - Cookware, cutlery and flatware

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Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1003 1.2 dealing with the permissible limits release of lead and cadmium from ceramic and glass tableware. This draft revision adopts the International Standards ISO 6486-2 - Second edition: 1999-12-15 with a few changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follow:Adds to the standard's scope also glass drinking ware that comes in contact with food and beverages;Updates the technical procedures and permissible limits for metal release;Deletes the requirement for marking on the label (section 6.1 of the old standard).

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