The schedule for removal of lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium in any package or packaging component shall be as follows:
I. No package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state of New Hampshire which includes, in the package itself or in any packaging component, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution. This prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 149-M:34

  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

II. No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state of New Hampshire in a package which includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution. This prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements.
III. The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium incidentally present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed 100 parts per million by weight (0.01 percent).