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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, BISHOP AND SWANGER, AUGUST 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AUGUST 10, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for bisphenol A-free food and beverage container |
2 | products. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Short title. |
6 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Bisphenol A- |
7 | free Food and Beverage Container Products Act. |
8 | Section 2. Bisphenol A-free and food and beverage containers. |
9 | No person or entity may manufacture, sell or distribute any |
10 | food or beverage container that contains bisphenol A at a level |
11 | above 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) if the food or beverage |
12 | container serves as a package, parcel or other vessel intended |
13 | for use in storing, heating or serving liquids or solids |
14 | intended for consumption by the general population. |
15 | (1) Manufacturers shall use the least toxic alternative |
16 | when replacing bisphenol A in containers in accordance with |
17 | this section. |
18 | (2) Manufacturers may not replace bisphenol A pursuant |
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1 | to this section with carcinogens rated by the Environmental |
2 | Protection Agency as A, B or C carcinogens or substances |
3 | listed as known or likely carcinogens, known to be human |
4 | carcinogens, likely to be human carcinogens or suggestive of |
5 | being human carcinogens, as described in the "List of |
6 | Chemicals Evaluated for Carcinogenic Potential." |
7 | (3) Manufacturers may not replace bisphenol A pursuant |
8 | to this section with reproductive toxicants that cause birth |
9 | defects, reproductive harm or developmental harm, as |
10 | identified by the Environmental Protection Agency. |
11 | Section 3. Violation of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer |
12 | Protection Law. |
13 | A violation of section 2 constitutes unfair methods of |
14 | competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices within the |
15 | meaning of section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968 |
16 | (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and |
17 | Consumer Protection Law, and shall be subject to the enforcement |
18 | provisions, civil penalties and private rights of action |
19 | contained in that act. |
20 | Section 4. Effective date. |
21 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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