Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1746 – Applicability
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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).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1746
- manufacturer: includes the importer or first domestic distributor of the food package if the person who manufactured or assembled the food package or whose brand name is affixed to the food package does not have a presence in the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1741
- Priority food contact chemical: means a chemical designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 1743. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 1741
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).