The TPCH has initiated an aggressive testing program to examine compliance with state packaging laws that ban the intentional addition of 4 metals including lead/cadmium to packaging. TPCH is using a portable Niton XRF Spectroscope that was provided by EPA to detect the presence of the listed metals in states that have enacted the model legislation. Glass containers will be sampled along with a wide variety of other packaging materials, & decorators will be asked to confirm compliance with Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test if lead or cadmium are detected during the sampling. TPCH voted in 2004 to make permanent model provisions exempting glass & ceramic packaging from its model packaging legislation. The exemption was based on a review of ASTM's new C1606-04 Standard Test Method for Sampling Protocol for TCLP Testing of Container Glassware.
