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Assembly Bill A521A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to menstrual product labeling

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2017-A521 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-aaaa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9922
2019-2020: A164

2017-A521 - Summary

Relates to menstrual product labeling; requires label affixed thereto or a package insert, upon which there shall be plainly and conspicuously printed a list of all ingredients with percentages of the components; requires labels for single use dispensers.

2017-A521 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    521
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to tampon  package
   labeling
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-aaaa to read as follows:
   § 399-AAAA. TAMPON PACKAGE LABELING. 1.  EACH PACKAGE OR BOX  CONTAIN-
 ING  TAMPONS  SOLD  IN  THIS STATE SHALL CONTAIN A PLAIN AND CONSPICUOUS
 PRINTED LIST OF ALL INGREDIENTS WITH PERCENTAGES OF  THE  COMPONENTS  OF
 THE  TAMPON AND THE APPLICATOR. SUCH LIST SHALL EITHER BE PRINTED ON THE
 PACKAGE OR AFFIXED THERETO.
   2. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER  LABELING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW.
   3. WHENEVER A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION HAS OCCURRED, A CIVIL  PENALTY
 OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PACKAGE OR BOX SHALL BE IMPOSED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01786-01-7

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2017-A521A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-aaaa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9922
2019-2020: A164

2017-A521A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to menstrual product labeling; requires label affixed thereto or a package insert, upon which there shall be plainly and conspicuously printed a list of all ingredients with percentages of the components; requires labels for single use dispensers.

2017-A521A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  521--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assem-
   bly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to menstrual prod-
   uct labeling
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-aaaa to read as follows:
   §  399-AAAA.  MENSTRUAL  PRODUCT  LABELING.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION:
   (A) "INGREDIENT" SHALL MEAN A SUBSTANCE PRESENT IN ANY QUANTITY IN THE
 MENSTRUAL PRODUCT;
   (B) "MENSTRUAL PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN PRODUCTS USED FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 CATCHING  MENSTRUATION  AND VAGINAL DISCHARGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO TAMPONS, PADS, AND MENSTRUAL  CUPS.  THESE  PRODUCTS  MAY  BE  EITHER
 DISPOSABLE OR REUSABLE.
   2.  EACH  PACKAGE  OR  BOX  CONTAINING MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS SOLD IN THIS
 STATE SHALL CONTAIN A PLAIN AND CONSPICUOUS PRINTED LIST OF ALL INGREDI-
 ENTS WITH PERCENTAGES OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.  SUCH
 LIST SHALL EITHER BE PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE OR AFFIXED THERETO.
   3.  MANUFACTURERS OF SUCH MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE LABELS
 FOR PRODUCT DISPENSERS WHICH PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUAL  WITH  A  SINGLE  USE
 MENSTRUAL  PRODUCT,  WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT OBTAINING THE MENSTRUAL
 PRODUCT IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGE OR BOX.
   4. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER  LABELING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01786-02-8

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