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H.R. 2416 (115th): Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017

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The text of the bill below is as of May 11, 2017 (Introduced). The bill was not enacted into law.

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115th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2416

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 11, 2017

(for herself and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To require menstrual product ingredient list labels.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017.

2.

Labeling requirement for menstrual products

(a)

Menstrual products, such as menstrual cups; scented, scented deodorized, or unscented menstrual pads or tampons; therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses; or obstetrical and gynecological devices described in section 884.5400, 884.5425, 884.5435, 884.5460, 884.5470, or 884.5900 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall be deemed to be misbranded under section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) unless it bears a label listing the name of each ingredient or component of the device in order of the most predominant ingredient or component to the least predominant ingredient or component.

(b)

The amendment made by subsection (a) applies only with respect to a device manufactured more than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.