Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 33A - Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Bisphenols: means any member of a class of industrial chemicals that contain two hydroxyphenyl groups. See
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Department of Health. See
• Department: means the Department of Health. See
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• food packaging: means a package or packaging component that is intended for direct food contact. See
• Intentionally added: means the addition of a chemical in a product that serves an intended function in the product component. See
• Ortho-phthalates: means any member of the class of organic chemicals that are esters of phthalic acid containing two carbon chains located in the ortho position. See
• Package: means a container providing a means of marketing, protecting, or handling a product and shall include a unit package, an intermediate package, and a shipping container. See
• Packaging component: means an individual assembled part of a package, such as any interior or exterior blocking, bracing, cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping, coatings, closures, inks, and labels, and disposable gloves used in commercial or institutional food service. See
• Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See