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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1958
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BOSLEY .
4865H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 196, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to warning labels
for food products containing unsafe chemicals.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 196, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 196.1420, to read as follows:
196.1420. 1. The provi sions of this section shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "Missouri Chemical Label Integrity Act".
3 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
4 (1) "CAS number", a Chemical Abstract Service Registry number;
5 (2) "Food", the same meaning given to the term in section 196.010;
6 (3) "Unsafe chemical":
7 (a) Acrylamide, CAS number 79-06-1;
8 (b) Arsenic, CAS number 7440-38-2;
9 (c) Bisphenol A (BP A), CAS number 80-05-7;
10 (d) Blue 1, CAS number 2475-45-8;
11 (e) Cadmium, CAS number 7440-43-9;
12 (f) Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), CAS number 1 17-81-7;
13 (g) Lead, CAS number 7439-92-1;
14 (h) Mercu ry , CAS number 7439-97-6;
15 (i) Red 40, CAS number 25956-17-6;
16 (j) Y ellow 5, CAS number 1934-21-0; or
17 (k) Y ellow 6, CAS number 2783-94-0.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 3. Notwithstanding any other prov ision of law , any business that sells or
19 manufactur es a food pr oduct containing an unsafe chemical shall ensur e that the food
20 pr oduct contains a warning label that meets the requ irem ents of this section before the
21 food pr oduct r eaches the ultimate consumer .
22 4. The warning label r equir ed under this section shall include:
23 (1) The name of each unsafe chemical contained in the food pr oduct and a
24 statement that the food pr oduct contains such unsafe chemical; and
25 (2) The possible health effects of ingesting each such unsafe chemical, including
26 the following information wher e applicable:
27 (a) A statement that the unsafe chemical may cause cancer or is known to cause
28 cancer;
29 (b) A statement that the unsafe chemical may cause birth defects or is known to
30 cause birth defects; and
31 (c) A statement that the unsafe chemical may cause r eprod uctive harm or is
32 known to cause repr oductive harm.
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