October 6, 2022 – Thursday
This is one of a series of 11 articles being published here on LeadSafeMama.com with specific XRF test results for the various colors of modern Fiesta Tableware Company dishes (manufactured/sold/available in 2022). An overview article is also available here [link], discussing the findings for all of the colors, as well as the implications of and concerns for the metals found. Here’s another link — to the FIESTA category of posts and articles on this website — which include test results for both vintage and modern options.
Note: At one point (in the past decade) Fiesta brand dishware had the words “Lead Free” embossed into (or printed on) the bottom of each of their dishes along with their logo / back-mark. I believe that once the company became aware of the fact that there was (in fact) trace Lead in some of their glazes and substrates (possibly based on the findings of Lead Safe Mama, LLC) they removed that language (both from the dishes and from some of their marketing materials.)
FULL XRF TEST RESULTS FOR THE FIESTA TABLEWARE COMPANY DISH PICTURED
Reading) Center of food surface of the dish
120-second reading
All testing is repeated multiple times to confirm the results
- Lead (Pb): 32 +/- 10 ppm [This level is safe by all current / modern national and international standards]
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Tin (Sn): 9,139 +/- 171 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): 3,460 +/- 324 ppm
- Arsenic (As): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Copper (Cu): 146 +/- 26 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 796 +/- 74 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 27 +/- 10 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
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Background updated September 2022:
Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times, to confirm the test results for each component tested and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
I just bought this color and others you listed. Mine do have a stamp with the logo, that reads “lead free”. One of which is this peony color. This is very frustrating.
I bought a lot of complete sets that include big and small plate, bowl, coffee cup, tea cup, small saucer. I bought all the colors, and love these dishes so much. This was in 2002, twenty years ago. I would keep them if I could trust the test results on them would be similar to 2022. What do you think Tamara?