06-096 C.M.R. ch. 80, § 3 - Prohibition of Sale of Packages Containing Heavy Metals
A.
Prohibition of sale of packaging. A manufacturer, supplier or
distributor may not offer for sale or for promotional purposes a package or
packaging component that includes inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers,
or any other additives to which any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent
chromium has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or
distribution. This prohibition does not apply to the incidental presence of any
of these elements.
B.
Prohibition of sale of product in packaging. A manufacturer or
distributor may not offer for sale or for promotional purposes any product in a
package that includes, in the package itself or any packaging components, inks,
dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives to which any
lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been intentionally introduced
during manufacturing or distribution. This prohibition does not apply to the
incidental presence of any of these elements.
C.
Concentration levels. The sum
of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium
that are incidentally present in any package or packaging component including
the inks or adhesives affixed to such packaging or packaging component, may not
exceed 100 parts per million by weight or 0.01%.
D.
Substitute materials. No
material used to replace lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium in a
package or packaging component may be used in a quantity or manner that creates
a hazard as great or greater than the hazard created by the lead, cadmium,
mercury, or hexavalent chromium.
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