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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsAll sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · no known gaps
- PFAS in products (Public Act 24-59)
No known gaps in the rule areas we track for home and kitchen goods.
Cosmetics and personal careMain sources
Connecticut (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
Connecticut (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
Connecticut (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources
Connecticut (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
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The product's package and packaging components have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or promotional purposes in Connecticut by its manufacturer or distributor in a package composed of intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (22a-255i(b)); no package or packaging component may be offered if the incidental lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium together exceed 100 ppm by weight from October 1, 1994 (22a-255i(c)); a certificate of compliance is furnished on request (22a-255k).
Exemptions (1)
A regulated metal added to comply with federal health or safety requirements, on an exemption the commissioner grants
“(3) A package or packaging component to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been added in the manufacturing or distribution process in order to comply with health or safety requirements of federal law”
Official text, current to 1 Jan 2026. Connecticut General Statutes, current (2026 supplement) chapter 446d page.
- You offer the product in Connecticut in a package (22a-255i(b): "no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
In force since 1 Oct 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Oct 1992
22a-255i(b): "not later than October 1, 1992"; 100 ppm total from October 1, 1994 (22a-255i(c)).
“(b) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package which is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution”
- Conformity
The product's package and packaging components have no intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium, and the four together are at most 100 ppm
Must meet the conditions of Toxics in packaging: no product may be offered for sale or promotional purposes in Connecticut by its manufacturer or distributor in a package composed of intentionally introduced lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium (22a-255i(b)); no package or packaging component may be offered if the incidental lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium together exceed 100 ppm by weight from October 1, 1994 (22a-255i(c)); a certificate of compliance is furnished on request (22a-255k).
Exemptions (1)
A regulated metal added to comply with federal health or safety requirements, on an exemption the commissioner grants
“(3) A package or packaging component to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been added in the manufacturing or distribution process in order to comply with health or safety requirements of federal law”
Conn. Gen. Stat. 22a-255j(3) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office): Conn. Gen. Stat. 22a-255i(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 1 Jan 2026. Connecticut General Statutes, current (2026 supplement) chapter 446d page.
- Applies when
- You offer the product in Connecticut in a package (22a-255i(b): "no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package"); a product sold with no packaging has nothing to comply
- Effective
In force since 1 Oct 1992
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Oct 1992
22a-255i(b): "not later than October 1, 1992"; 100 ppm total from October 1, 1994 (22a-255i(c)).
- Source
“(b) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package which is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution”
Conn. Gen. Stat. 22a-255i(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office): Conn. Gen. Stat. 22a-255i(opens in a new tab)
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Sources
Sources
Where the rules come from, and when we last checked each source.
- Connecticut General Statutes 22a-255g to 22a-255m (toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Connecticut General Statutes 42-110x (repair of electronic or appliance products; P.A. 25-44)(opens in a new tab)Connecticut General Assembly (Legislative Commissioners' Office) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Connecticut General Statutes 42-261 (express warranties: no consumer-registration condition)(opens in a new tab)Connecticut General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Connecticut PFAS consumer-product law (Gen. Stat. 22a-903c, PA 24-59)(opens in a new tab)Connecticut General Assembly · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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