General Assembly Committee Bill No. 16
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2717
*02717SB00016ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 16
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2717
*02717SB00016ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE LABELING OF FOOD AND DRINK 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, 2014, 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 clear, legible style of not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font states: "THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS BISPHENOL-A". For the purpose 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
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide information to consumers that will allow consumers to avoid the purchase and consumption of products that contain harmful toxins.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.; SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.; SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
S.B. 16