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Amendments by Vermont on Chemicals of High Concern (CHCC) in Children’s Products Reporting Rule

Chemicals of High Concern (CHCC) in Children’s Products Reporting Rule requires the manufacturers to report to the Health Department if any accessible components of a children’s product contain a CHCC, which is:
1. intentionally added at a level above the Practical Quantitation Limit (PQL) or
2. as a contaminant at concentrations of 100ppm or greater
In June 2019, some amendments were made in the Reporting Rule by Vermont and incorporated into a signed Bill (S.55), effective from August 15, 2019.

Key Amendments in the Rule:
1. Adds 20 new chemicals, now the list contains 86 CHCC in total;
2. Standardizes the procedure on how to add or remove a CHCC from the list;
3. Allows the Commissioner of Health to regulate the sale or distribution of a children’s product containing a CHCC, based on the products;
4. Revises the reporting frequency from biennially to annually after the next reporting date, i.e. August 31, 2020, reporting on or before August 31, 2020 will be for products offered for sale between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2020;
5. Requires Universal Product Code (UPC) be included in the disclosure notice if the product has such a code.

For further details, please refer to the below link:
https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/Env_CDP_chemicals_high_concern_childrens_products_rule.pdf

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/Env_CDP_chemicals_of_high_concern_to_children.pdf