Except as provided in section 260.824, a manufacturer or distributor may not sell a package, packaging material, or packaging component and a manufacturer or distributor of products in the state of Missouri shall not offer for sale or promotional purposes any package, packaging materials, or any packaging component, with a total concentration of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium that exceeds:

(1) Beginning on July 1, 1994, six hundred parts per million;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 260.822

  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) Beginning on July 1, 1995, two hundred fifty parts per million; and

(3) Beginning on July 1, 1996, one hundred parts per million.

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