Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015: Difference between revisions
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===Heavy Metal Limits<ref name="gov" />=== | ===Heavy Metal Limits<ref name="gov" />=== | ||
The aggregate heavy metal limits apply to [[Wikipedia:Cadmium|cadmium]], [[wikipedia:Mercury(element)|mercury]], [[Wikipedia:Lead|lead]] and [[Wikipedia:Hexavalent chromium|hexavalent chromium]] in packaging or packaging components and require that the total by weight of such metals should not exceed 100 ppm (subject to some exemptions). | The aggregate heavy metal limits apply to [[Wikipedia:Cadmium|cadmium]], [[wikipedia:Mercury (element)|mercury]], [[Wikipedia:Lead|lead]] and [[Wikipedia:Hexavalent chromium|hexavalent chromium]] in packaging or packaging components and require that the total by weight of such metals should not exceed 100 ppm (subject to some exemptions). | ||
A packaging component is defined as any part of the packaging that can be separated by hand or by using simple physical means - for example a bottle top. This does not include permanent coatings or pigments, which would be regarded as a constituent of the packaging (or of the packaging component) and would thus be part of any calculation, but not required to meet the heavy metal limits independently. For example, a steel drum coated in lead chromate based paint would only exceed the limit if the lead chromate was greater than the limit in relation to the mass of the drum and the paint taken together<ref name="gov" />. | A packaging component is defined as any part of the packaging that can be separated by hand or by using simple physical means - for example a bottle top. This does not include permanent coatings or pigments, which would be regarded as a constituent of the packaging (or of the packaging component) and would thus be part of any calculation, but not required to meet the heavy metal limits independently. For example, a steel drum coated in lead chromate based paint would only exceed the limit if the lead chromate was greater than the limit in relation to the mass of the drum and the paint taken together<ref name="gov" />. | ||