US Legislation To Require Warning Labels For Children With Lead Products

The Department of public health of Illinois is seeking advice from interested parties on a proposed bill; the deadline for consultation is May 31st. The proposed law is intended to amend the lead poisoning act of Illinois, requiring certain children's products to be added with lead warning labels. The proposed amendment requires children's jewelry, nursing supplies and toys containing paint. If the total lead content of any component exceeds 40ppm, warning labels should be added. The warning label should be attached to the product or applied to its direct packaging container and contains the following warning: "warning: lead." If swallowed or chewed, it can cause harm. Lead dust may be generated. Labels must be eye-catching, easy to recognize, located in the prominent position of objects or packages, and contrasted with the convex, typesetting and color of other printed images.

According to Illinois law, Child care products It is defined as "designed by the manufacturer to promote sleep, ease mood or feeding utensils for children under 6 years of age, or auxiliary products for children under 6 years old to suck or grind". Child care products include appliances designed for or intended to be used directly in children's mouths to promote sleep for children under 6 years of age, to relax mood or to feed, or to assist children under 6 years of age to suck or grind their teeth; because these items are close to children, so they are likely to be put into the mouth, chew, suck and lick.

Children's jewelry is defined by law as below 12 years old. Children's manufacturing And selling jewelry, including jewelry that meets any of the following requirements:

(L) indicate the use of children under 12 years of age in packaging, display or advertising. L is sold, attached to or packaged with other products, and is suitable for children under 12 years of age. It is suitable for children, not adults. Or, l is sold on vending machines; (2) it is sold online in retail stores, catalogues or online, and the packaging, display or advertising of its special sales products are suitable for children; or (3) sales of specific sites on retail stores, catalogues or online online, and their products are packaged, displayed or advertised, which are suitable for children.

Illinois's proposed legislation covers products that conform to the " consumer goods The law of safety enhancement should also comply with the labeling requirements of commercially available products in the state. For example, it satisfies the total lead content stipulated in the consumer product safety enhancement act. If the jewelry required by 300ppm is sold in Illinois, the warning label should be added as long as the lead content of any component exceeds 40ppm. The Illinois lead label requirement will be implemented in the state as early as November 1, 2010.