California introduced Assembly Bill 1604, Product safety: proofs of purchase: intentionally added bisphenols. This bill would add Chapter 12.3 (commencing with Section 108943) to Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to product safety. It would first prohibit Bisphenol A (BPA) in paper receipts and a year later expand the prohibition to all bisphenols in paper receipts.
Summary of the bill:
• This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2027, a paper proof of purchase provided to a consumer by a business or created by a manufacturer from containing intentionally added BPA.
• After January 1, 2028, a paper proof of purchase shall not contain any intentionally added bisphenols.
• “Proof of purchase” means a receipt for the retail sale of food, alcohol, or other tangible personal property, or for the provision of services, provided at the point of sale.
• Intentionally added BPA means BPA that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that has a functional or technical effect in the product, including BPA that is an intentional breakdown product of an added chemical that also has a functional or technical effect in the product.
• The Ecology Center has found that 93 percent of paper receipts are coated with bisphenol A (BPA) or bisphenol S (BPS) chemicals.
• This bill would expand the existing law which prohibits a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in commerce any juvenile feeding product or juvenile’s sucking or teething product, that contains any form of bisphenol.
For more information, see link for the bill:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1604
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