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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 111/2/21

29 April 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 214/2009

US : CPSC Releases Information on In-House Test Method : CPSC-CH-E1003-09 - Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Lead (Pb) in Paint and Other Similar Surface Coatings

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recently posted a document dated 26 April 2009 entitled "Test Method: CPSC-CH-E1003-09 - Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Lead (Pb) in Paint and Other Similar Surface Coatings" to its website at http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/CPSC-CH-E1003-09.pdf. A copy (pdf format) of the document is appended to this circular for reference.

  1. The document provides information on the test method that is used by the CPSC's testing laboratory (Laboratory Sciences, Division of Chemistry (LSC)) in the analysis of paint and certain painted products. The method is used to determine the total lead content of paint, or a painted surface, on a dry paint basis. The method supersedes all previously published standard operating procedures for lead in paint testing. Existing accreditations remain valid. The rules for accreditation for lead in paint testing for compliance to the Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead Containing Paint, Title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1303 (16 CFR 1303) remain unchanged, and do not explicitly require the use of this or any earlier standard operating procedure (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_08/16cfr1303_08.html). The method is provided to inform interested parties of the method used by LSC for assessing the total lead in paint and other surface coatings. Other laboratories making such assessments are not required to follow this method; however, other laboratories should consider using these procedures to ensure they obtain results that are consistent with CPSC staff's for purposes of compliance to 16 CFR 1303.
     
  2. As specified in its footnote, the document was prepared by CPSC staff, has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not necessarily reflect the views of, the CPSC.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Bonny CHAO)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry