On 19 July, Myra Warne of the SGCS met with Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) officials to discuss the use of cadmium in ceramic enamels. Also attending the meeting were SGCDpro lobbyist Walt Sanders; retired US FDA scientist Richard Jacobs & industry expert Wayne Zitkus, who explained the glass decoration process & detailed the need for cadmium in enamels & why ceramic enamels are sometimes preferable to organics, which do not have the mechanical durability required in some environments. Jacobs discussed the industry's long history of working with the FDA and noted that no safety problems have arisen with ware decorated by US companies. He indicated that most FDA failures related to glass or ceramic items were associated with imports of ware such as terracotta, commonly brought into the US by tourists returning from Mexico.
