SG 143.21
Colombia has published its technical regulation on food contact glass, ceramics and glass-ceramics. The new law will become effective on March 20, 2022.
In September 2021, Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Ministerio de Salud y de Protección Social) published Resolution No. 1440/2021 (Resolución Número 1440 de 2021 (Sep. 20, 2021)) to establish the technical regulation on tableware and articles of glass, ceramic or glass-ceramic that are intended to come into contact with food, as well as ceramic cookware. The new law contains several important provisions. It:
- Provides the list of HS codes for products that are within scope and clarifies that the characteristics of a product will also be considered for determining whether it falls within scope
- Defines certain exemptions, including personal belongings as established by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales, DIAN) and articles for decorative purposes but such articles are obliged to have a label, sticker, marking or permanent marking indicating ‘Producto decorative, no apto para contacto con alimentos’ (Decorative products, not suitable for food contact’)
- Specifying the standards and migration requirements for lead and cadmium:
- Accepts Parts 1 and 2 to ISO 6486, ISO 7086 and ISO 8391 as equivalent to the corresponding NTC standards in the point above
- Details the labeling requirements in Spanish (without prejudice to other languages) for product labels (Article 6)
- Requires sampling to be carried out in accordance with ISO 2859-1 at the inspection level that is determined by the Certification Body (Organismo de Certificación)
- Requires the product certificate of conformity (CoC) to be issued under Scheme 1b (batch), 4 or 5
- Requires testing to be carried out by laboratories that are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by the National Accreditation Body of Colombia (Organismo Nacional de Acreditación de Colombia, ONAC), or by a laboratory accredited by an Accreditation Body belonging to the Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
- Requires products to have a CoC that is issued by a Certification Body accredited by ONAC, or an Accreditation Body belonging to the Multilateral Recognition Agreements (MRA) of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), of which the ONC is a signatory
- Accepts a Declaration of conformity (DoC) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17050 Parts 1 and 2 for domestic manufacturers and importers until there is at least one ONAC accredited Certification Body:
- Clarifies that products manufactured and imported under Resolution 1893/2019, extended by Resolution 1163/2020, are obliged to demonstrate compliance with the new Resolution (SafeGuardS 5/20 and 115/20)
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|---|---|---|
| Scope* | Limit (NTC ISO 6486-2) | |
| Lead | Cadmium | |
| Flatware | 0.8 mg/dm2 | 0.07 mg/dm² |
| Small hollowware (< 1.1L) | 2.0 mg/L | 0.5 mg/L |
| Large hollowware (≥ 1.1L) | 1.0 mg/L | 0.25 mg/L |
| Cups and mugs | 0.5 mg/L | 0.25 mg/L |
| Storage hollowware (≥ 3L) | 0.5 mg/L | 0.25 mg/L |
| Cooking ware** | 0.5 mg/L | 0.05 mg/L |
| *Testing according to NTC ISO 6486-1 **Migration requirements for lead and cadmium in ceramic cookware are in Table 4 of the Resolution or Table 3 below) | ||
Table 1
Table 3 (as per the resolution text) ‘Permissible release limits for lead and cadmium in glass hollowware in contact with food’ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scope* | Limit (NTC ISO 7086-2) | |
| Lead | Cadmium | |
| Small glass hollowware (< 600 mL) | 1.5 mg/L | 0.5 mg/L |
| Large glass hollowware (≥ 600 mL) | 0.75 mg/L | 0.25 mg/L |
| Storage glass hollowware (≥ 3L) | 0.5 mg/L | 0.25 mg/L |
| 1Testing according to NTC ISO 7086-1 | ||
Table 2
Table 4 (As per the resolution text) ‘Permissible release limits for lead and cadmium in ceramic articles for cooking’ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scope1 | (NTC ISO 8391-1) | |
| Lead | Cadmium | |
| Small glass hollowware | 5 mg/L | 0.5 mg/L |
| 1Testing according to NTC ISO 8391-1 | ||
Table 3
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