Michael Kashtock Quotations

Candies in lead-glazed ceramic bowls could pose a hazard regardless of what the guideline is. Unless there's some way to ascertain that these are non-lead-glazed, I don't think a parent would have anyway of knowing that these products might not contain significant levels of lead.

We have laid out steps that we think manufacturers of these types of candies can take to comply with the guidance. We think that they're going to be well received.

The effect will be a fivefold lowering of the current level.

Based on what we have heard from manufacturers, we believe that 0.1 is doable.

That could very well be because they've simply been removed from the market, and that producers are reformulating them or making changes in the way that their ingredients are processed. Overall, we're seeing fewer products with higher lead levels than we had seen in 2003 and prior to that.

We believe that these steps will further reduce an already minimal risk in lead exposure in candy.