Bill Text: CT SB00316 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Labeling Of Food Products That Are Packaged In Materials That Contain Bisphenol-a.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-27 - Vote to Hold Until Next Meeting [SB00316 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00316-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 316
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1510
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
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AN ACT REQUIRING THE LABELING OF FOOD PRODUCTS THAT ARE PACKAGED IN MATERIALS THAT CONTAIN BISPHENOL-A.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding sections 21a-12b, 21a-12c and 21a-12e of the general statutes, on and after January 1, 2015, no person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale or expose for sale any food packaging that contains bisphenol-A as an intentionally added component of such packaging, unless such food packaging bears a label on the front of such package that in a clear, legible font of not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font states: "THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS BISPHENOL-A". For the purposes of this section, "food packaging" means a container or wrapper that comes into direct contact with food and that is used to store food or food stuffs for sale.

(b) The provisions of this section may be enforced, within available appropriations, by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

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Joint Favorable C/R

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