Our tableware manufacturers, Grasslands Road by Amscan, DEMDACO, Skyros Designs, and Drake Design strictly adhere to the requirements to meet or exceed Proposition 65 requirements, which are the most stringent in the US. They advised us they use lead-free glazes in all their ceramic and stoneware tableware. In addition, they advised us their quality control group tests and verifies the glazes on products from batches produced.

PROPOSITION 65 is a law that requires businesses in California to provide warnings when they expose the public to significant amounts of chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm. Lead is one of the chemicals covered by this law. Tableware with lead levels below Proposition 65 standards is considered safe to use. Tableware that exceeds Proposition 65 lead levels may be sold, but only with a written warning. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also regulates the sale of tableware that contains lead. Tableware exceeding the FDA levels cannot be legally sold in the U.S.

You can read more at the California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch at their website at California.gov