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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1902" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Toxics in Packaging">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in §§ 9–1903 and 9–1904 of this subtitle, on or after July 1, 1993, a manufacturer or distributor may not sell or offer for sale or for promotional purposes any package or packaging component or any product in a package or packaging component to which any of the following was intentionally added during manufacture or distribution:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Lead;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Cadmium;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Mercury; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Hexavalent chromium.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium incidentally present in a package or packaging component may not exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>By July 1, 1993, 600 parts per million by weight or 0.06%;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By July 1, 1994, 250 parts per million by weight or 0.025%; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By July 1, 1995, 100 parts per million by weight or 0.01%.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Tin plated steel that meets the American Society for Testing and Materials Specification A–623 shall be considered a single packaging component.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or after January 1, 2024, a manufacturer or distributor may not manufacture or knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale or use in the State a food package or food packaging component designed and intended for direct food contact to which PFAS chemicals were intentionally added.</text>
  </level>
</section>
