PRINTER'S NO. 643
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
684
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, BOBACK, SCHWEYER, NEILSON,
HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, McNEILL, CIRESI, KENYATTA, MALAGARI,
KINSEY, O'MARA, HOWARD, McCLINTON AND GILLEN,
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for bisphenol A-free container products for infants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the BPA-free
Container Products for Infants Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Container." A food or beverage container that serves as a
package, parcel or other vessel intended for use in storing,
heating or serving liquids or solids intended for consumption by
infants.
"Infant." A child under one year of age.
Section 3. Bisphenol A-free food and beverage containers for
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infants.
(a) General rule.--No person or entity may manufacture, sell
or distribute any container intended for use by infants that
contains bisphenol A (BPA) at a level above 0.1 parts per
billion (ppb).
(b) Manufacturer standard.--A manufacturer under this
section:
(1) Shall use the least toxic alternative when replacing
BPA in containers as provided under this section.
(2) May not replace BPA with carcinogens rated by the
Environmental Protection Agency as A, B or C carcinogens or
substances listed as known or likely carcinogens, known to be
human carcinogens, likely to be human carcinogens or
suggestive of being human carcinogens, as described by the
Environmental Protection Agency in the Integrated Risk
Information System.
(3) May not replace BPA with reproductive toxicants that
cause birth defects, reproductive harm or developmental harm,
as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Section 4. Violation of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer
Protection Law.
A violation of section 3 constitutes unfair methods of
competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices within the
meaning of section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968
(P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Law, and shall be subject to the enforcement
provisions, civil penalties and private rights of action
contained in that act.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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