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HF 459

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/11/2013 03:55pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to children's health; prohibiting sale of children's food containers
containing bisphenol-A; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 325F.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [325F.174] BISPHENOL-A IN CHILDREN'S FOOD CONTAINERS.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Prohibition. new text end

new text begin (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, no manufacturer or
wholesaler may knowingly sell or offer for sale in this state a children's food container
that contains bisphenol-A.
 new text end

new text begin (b) Beginning January 1, 2015, no retailer may knowingly sell or offer for sale in
this state a children's food container that contains bisphenol-A.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given.
 new text end

new text begin (1) "Children's food" means a food or liquid that is commercially available and is
designed, intended, or marketed by a manufacturer to be consumed by a child 12 years
of age or younger.
 new text end

new text begin (2) "Container" means a receptacle, box, can, or jar, including a lid, that is in direct
physical contact with a children's food.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [325F.175] BISPHENOL-A REPLACEMENT CHEMICALS.
 new text end

new text begin A manufacturer shall not replace a chemical the use of which is prohibited in section
325F.174 with a chemical known to the manufacturer to have been designated by the
Department of Health as a chemical of high concern under section 116.9402.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
 new text end