[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6228 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6228

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2008

  Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 
2008''.

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).
    (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 .
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