1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to children's health; prohibiting sale of children's food containers 
1.3 	containing bisphenol-A;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 325F.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325F.174] BISPHENOL-A IN CHILDREN'S FOOD CONTAINERS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, no manufacturer or 
1.8 	wholesaler may knowingly sell or offer for sale in this state a children's food container 
1.9 	that contains bisphenol-A.
1.10 	(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, no retailer may knowingly sell or offer for sale in 
1.11 	this state a children's food container that contains bisphenol-A.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
1.13 	meanings given.
1.14 	(1) "Children's food" means a food or liquid that is commercially available and is 
1.15 	designed, intended, or marketed by a manufacturer to be consumed by a child 12 years 
1.16 	of age or younger.
1.17 	(2) "Container" means a receptacle, box, can, or jar, including a lid, that is in direct 
1.18 	physical contact with a children's food.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.20 	Sec. 2. [325F.175] BISPHENOL-A REPLACEMENT CHEMICALS.
1.21 	A manufacturer shall not replace a chemical the use of which is prohibited in section 
1.22 	325F.174 with a chemical known to the manufacturer to have been identified on the basis 
2.1 	of credible scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known 
2.2 	or suspected with a high degree of probability to:
2.3 	(1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental 
2.4 	toxicity;
2.5 	(2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;
2.6 	(3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system; or 
2.7 	(4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic 
2.8 	toxicity.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to crimes 
2.10 	committed on or after that date.