Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 80 - REDUCTION OF TOXICS IN PACKAGING
Section 096-80-4 - Prohibition of Sale of Food Packages Containing Phthalates

Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-80-4

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. Sales Prohibition. A manufacturer, supplier, or distributor may not offer for sale or for promotional purposes in the State a food package that includes inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, coatings, plasticizers, or any other additives to which phthalates have been intentionally introduced in any amount greater than an incidental presence, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

B. This prohibition does not apply to a manufacturer of a food or beverage product that is contained in a food package or to which a food package is applied if that manufacturer has less than $1,000,000,000 of total annual national sales of food and beverage products.

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