Maine § 32 §1746 Applicability

Maine Statutes

§ 32 §1746 — Applicability

Maine § 32 §1746

Title 32PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Ch. 26-BTOXIC CHEMICALS IN FOOD PACKAGING

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 32 §1746 (2026).

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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

1.Industry. A chemical used in or for industry or manufacturing, including chemicals processed or otherwise used in or for industrial or manufacturing processes;

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;

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

4.Certain manufacturers. A man

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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
1.
Industry.
A chemical used in or for industry or manufacturing, including chemicals processed or otherwise used in or for industrial or manufacturing processes;
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;
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
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.