Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottles
Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottlesThese were the decorative foil capsules fitted over the cork of a wine bottle, made of lead with a tin coating. Lead could be left on the lip of the bottle and picked up by wine as it was poured, and the FDA prohibited them in 1996; capsules are now tin, aluminium or plastic.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Prohibited | Prohibited from indirect addition to human food through food-contact surfaces. | 21 CFR 189.301retrieved 2026-09-07 |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
A lead foil with a thin tin facing, formed over the bottle neck. Like the other entries in Subpart D this is a packaging component rather than an ingredient, prohibited because of what it could transfer to the drink.
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
As it appears in regulation
- Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottles
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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