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Is Cadmium and cadmium compounds banned where you sell?
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We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Packaged food and beverages: 7 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Oct 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (NSRL (µg/day): Cadmium: 0.05 (inhalation)). In force since 1 Oct 1988.
- Chemical
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Type of toxicity
- cancer
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- none given
- Date listed
- 1 Oct 1987
Prop 65 list row: Cadmium and cadmium compounds · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 16 Sep 2023), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: not covered; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
For Portable batteries and Power banks: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
“Portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium (expressed as cadmium metal) by weight.”
For Consumer electronics and small appliances, Home and kitchen goods and Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
“Portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium (expressed as cadmium metal) by weight.”
For Electric vehicle batteries and SLI batteries: Limit 0.01 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
Annex I point applies to batteries incorporated in vehicles (incl. special purpose vehicles) of categories M1 and N1 (Reg. 2018/858); no product fact states the vehicle category.
“2. Electric vehicle and SLI batteries, incorporated in vehicles, including special purpose vehicles, of the categories M1 and N1 as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/858”
For Batteries, e-bikes and power banks, except Battery chargers: Label required. In force since 26 Sep 2008.
a battery containing more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight unless it is marked with the chemical symbol “Cd”;
For Portable batteries and Power banks: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 26 Sep 2008.
Reg. 4(3) exempts a portable battery intended for emergency and alarm systems or medical equipment; the intended use is not a product fact.
“a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.”
For Consumer electronics and small appliances, Home and kitchen goods and Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 26 Sep 2008.
Reg. 4(3) exempts a portable battery intended for emergency and alarm systems or medical equipment; the intended use is not a product fact.
“a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.”
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 12 Jul 2024; Packaged food and beverages: 1 Apr 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 3 Sep 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Sep 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 27 Mar 2026 (Home and kitchen goods: 27 Mar 2026; Cosmetics and personal care: 8 Oct 2026; Packaged food and beverages: 8 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 24 Mar 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 20 Aug 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Packaged food and beverages: 7 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Oct 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Warning required
- Requirement, dates and source
Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (NSRL (µg/day): Cadmium: 0.05 (inhalation)). In force since 1 Oct 1988.
- Chemical
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Type of toxicity
- cancer
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- none given
- Date listed
- 1 Oct 1987
Prop 65 list row: Cadmium and cadmium compounds · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 16 Sep 2023), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: not covered; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025, and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 1 Jan 2025), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- Limited
- Requirement, dates and source
For Portable batteries and Power banks: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
“Portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium (expressed as cadmium metal) by weight.”
Annex I point 2(1) · fetched 2026-10-09European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Regulation (EU) 2023/1542(opens in a new tab) For Consumer electronics and small appliances, Home and kitchen goods and Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
“Portable batteries, whether or not present in and incorporated into appliances, light means of transport or other vehicles, shall not contain more than 0,002 % of cadmium (expressed as cadmium metal) by weight.”
Annex I point 2(1) · fetched 2026-10-09European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Regulation (EU) 2023/1542(opens in a new tab) For Electric vehicle batteries and SLI batteries: Limit 0.01 % (content basis). In force since 18 Feb 2024.
Annex I point applies to batteries incorporated in vehicles (incl. special purpose vehicles) of categories M1 and N1 (Reg. 2018/858); no product fact states the vehicle category.
“2. Electric vehicle and SLI batteries, incorporated in vehicles, including special purpose vehicles, of the categories M1 and N1 as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/858”
Annex I point 2(2) · fetched 2026-10-09European Commission / Publications Office (CELLAR): Regulation (EU) 2023/1542(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Limited
- Requirement, dates and source
For Batteries, e-bikes and power banks, except Battery chargers: Label required. In force since 26 Sep 2008.
a battery containing more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight unless it is marked with the chemical symbol “Cd”;
reg. 6(1)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2008/2164(opens in a new tab) For Portable batteries and Power banks: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 26 Sep 2008.
Reg. 4(3) exempts a portable battery intended for emergency and alarm systems or medical equipment; the intended use is not a product fact.
“a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.”
reg. 4(1)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2008/2164(opens in a new tab) For Consumer electronics and small appliances, Home and kitchen goods and Cosmetics and personal care: Limit 0.002 % (content basis). In force since 26 Sep 2008.
Reg. 4(3) exempts a portable battery intended for emergency and alarm systems or medical equipment; the intended use is not a product fact.
“a portable battery that contains more than 0.002% of cadmium by weight.”
reg. 4(1)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-09legislation.gov.uk (National Archives): SI 2008/2164(opens in a new tab)
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 1 Jan 2025 (Home and kitchen goods: 1 Jan 2025; Cosmetics and personal care: 12 Jul 2024; Packaged food and beverages: 1 Apr 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 3 Sep 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 1 Sep 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
- Status
- No known rule
- Requirement, dates and source
We have no rule for it here. Our coverage starts 27 Mar 2026 (Home and kitchen goods: 27 Mar 2026; Cosmetics and personal care: 8 Oct 2026; Packaged food and beverages: 8 Oct 2026; Consumer electronics and small appliances: 24 Mar 2026; Batteries, e-bikes and power banks: 20 Aug 2026), and this doesn't mean it's allowed.
California
Prop 65 listing
California's list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
- Listing
- Listed 1987-10-01 (cancer). Grace period: "Proposition 65 warning requirements do not apply until 12 months after the chemical has been listed" (Appendix A); listing date plus 12 months.
- Warning applies from
- 1 Oct 1988
- Requirement
- Warning required when exposure exceeds the threshold (NSRL (µg/day): Cadmium: 0.05 (inhalation))
- Warning wording
- This product can expose you to Cadmium and cadmium compounds, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
- Chemical
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Type of toxicity
- cancer
- Listed by
- the State's Qualified Experts (SQE)
- CAS No.
- none given
- Date listed
- 1 Oct 1987
Prop 65 list row: Cadmium and cadmium compounds · fetched 2026-10-08
California OEHHA: 27 CCR 27001(opens in a new tab)Groups
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Not named in any group
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Records
Recalls and alerts
Recalls, safety alerts and Prop 65 notices that name Cadmium and cadmium compounds, with a link to the original. A Prop 65 notice is a claim by the sender, not a ruling.
246 records dated 12 Jan 2023 to 22 Sep 2026. Most recent shown.
Show the 8 most recent records
- Prop 65 notices
Smoked Mussels, Sardines in Can
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compoundsLead and lead compounds
- Party
- Sea Tales B.V.
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
- Prop 65 notices
Smoked Mussels
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compoundsLead and lead compounds
- Party
- Fish Tales Holdings B.V.
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
- Prop 65 notices
Smoked Mussels
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compoundsLead and lead compounds
- Party
- Fish Tales Holdings B.V.
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
- Prop 65 notices
Gerbs – Raw Brown Flax Seed
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Party
- Gerb’s Pumpkin Seed Company
- Category
- Nuts and seeds
- Prop 65 notices
Sierra Nut House – Sunflower Seeds
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Party
- Sierra Nut House, Inc.
- Category
- Nuts and seeds
- Prop 65 notices
Seaweed
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compounds
- Party
- Manjun Foods Co., Ltd. , Pocas International Corp., Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Services, LLC, Amazon.com Sales, Inc.
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
- Prop 65 notices
Dried Herring, Dried Squid
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compoundsLead and lead compounds
- Party
- Alsons Aquaculture Corporation, Island Pacific Supermarkets, Abacus Business Capital Inc. DBA Island Pacific Supermarkets
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
- Prop 65 notices
Dried Squid
Packaged food and beverages
- Substance
- Cadmium and cadmium compoundsLead and lead compounds
- Party
- Alsons Aquaculture Corporation, Fresh Catch Seafood Market, Fresh Catch Seafood Market, Inc.
- Category
- Shelf-stable seafood products
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