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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1901" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Toxics in Packaging">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Distributor” means any person that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sells a packaged product to a retailer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Receives a shipment or consignment of, or in any other manner acquires, packaged products for distribution to a retailer for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Sale to a consumer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Promotional purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Food package” means a package that is designed and intended for direct food contact and is composed, in substantial part, of paper, paperboard, or other materials originally derived from plant fibers, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A food or beverage product that is contained in a food package or to which a food package is applied;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A packaging component of a food package; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Plastic disposable gloves used in commercial or institutional food service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Intentionally added” means the act of deliberately using a chemical in the formation of a package or packaging component when the chemical’s continued presence is desired in the final package or packaging component to provide a specific characteristic.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Manufacturer” means any person that manufactures a package or packaging component.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Manufacturer” includes any person that sells a package or packaging component to a distributor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Package” means a container used to market, protect, or handle a product.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Package” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A unit package, an intermediate package, and a shipping container as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An unsealed receptacle such as a carrying case, crate, cup, pail, rigid foil or other tray, wrap, wrapping film, bag, and tub.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Packaging component” means any individual assembled part of a package.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Packaging component” includes any interior or exterior blocking, bracing, cushioning, weatherproofing, coating, closure, label, ink, dye, pigment, adhesive, or any other additive.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Packaging component” does not include any package or packaging component that contains cadmium and is intended for reuse more than 5 times.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“PFAS chemicals” means, when used in fire–fighting agents, fire–fighting equipment, food packaging, and rugs and carpets, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals that contain at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.</text>
  </level>
</section>
