HR 6228 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To ban the use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 10, 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To ban the use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2008’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. BAN ON USE OF BISPHENOL A IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

(a) Treatment as Adulterating the Food or Beverage- For purposes of applying section 402(a)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(6)), a food container (including a beverage container) that is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A, or that can release bisphenol A into food (as defined for purposes of such Act), shall be treated as a container described in such section (relating to containers composed, in whole or in part, of a poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Effective Date- Subsection (a) shall apply to containers introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act .CommentsClose CommentsPermalink