Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 26-B: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN FOOD PACKAGING
32 §1746. Applicability

§1746. Applicability
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:   [PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).]
1.  Industry.  A chemical used in or for industry or manufacturing, including chemicals processed or otherwise used in or for industrial or manufacturing processes;  
[PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).]
2.  Retailers.  A retailer of a food package unless the retailer knowingly sells a food package that contains a priority food contact chemical after the effective date of its prohibition under section 1745 for which that retailer has received prior notification from a manufacturer, a distributor or the State;  
[PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).]
3.  Contaminants.  A chemical that occurs in a food package only as a contaminant as long as the manufacturer had in place a manufacturing control program and exercised due diligence to minimize the presence of the contaminant in the food package; or  
[PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).]
4.  Certain manufacturers.  A manufacturer of a food or beverage product that is contained in a food package or to which a food package is applied as long as that manufacturer has less than $1,000,000,000 of total annual national sales of food and beverage products.  
[PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 277, §8 (NEW).

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