What's happening
This bill requires liquid detergent packets sold in New York to be packaged in child-resistant, opaque wrappers with clear safety warnings.
Why it matters
The bill targets accidental poisonings and injuries among children. by requiring every liquid detergent packet to be individually wrapped in a child-resistant, opaque covering that isn’t visually appealing to kids and resists penetration from a child’s bite.
It mandates clear, standardized safety warnings on both each packet and the outer package. , aiming to ensure caregivers and parents are consistently alerted to the dangers, potentially reducing the risk of accidental ingestion or exposure.
Manufacturers and retailers face new compliance burdens. , as they must redesign packaging and wrappers to meet strict specifications, possibly increasing packaging costs but enhancing safety.
This legislation could set a precedent for similar consumer safety measures. on other household products, reflecting growing legislative concern over child safety and accidental poisonings from everyday items.
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Child-Proof Laundry Pod Packaging
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9 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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Child-Proof Laundry Pod Packaging
In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
1041
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, SIMON, MAGNARELLI, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, GALEF, COLTON, D. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DE LA ROSA, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to child proofing liquid detergent packets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-ggg to read as follows:
§ 399-ggg. Packaging of liquid detergent packets. 1. For purposes of this section:
(a) "liquid detergent packets" shall mean a consumer product that consists of a liquid or gel detergent enclosed in a water soluble outer layer and is designed to be placed in a washing machine;
(b) "child-resistant wrapper" shall mean an opaque covering of the liquid detergent packet that is not easily permeated by a child's bite, which has a uniform color that is not attractive to children; and
(c) "package" shall mean overall child-resistant stock keeping item that contains liquid detergent packages.
2. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall distribute, sell at retail or offer for retail sale in this state any liquid detergent packets, unless the liquid detergent packets are contained in a child-resistant wrapper which is designed to prevent accidental exposure of children to liquid detergent.
3. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall distribute, sell at retail or offer for retail sale in this state any liquid detergent packets unless such liquid detergent packets are designed in an opaque, uniform color that is not attractive to children and is not easily permeated by a child's bite.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01485-01-9
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4. Each liquid detergent packet shall be enclosed in a separate, individual, non-permeable, child-resistant wrapper containing a warning stating "WARNING: HARMFUL IF PUT IN MOUTH OR SWALLOWED. EYE IRRITANT. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN".
5. Every package of liquid detergent packets distributed, sold at retail, or offered for retail sale in this state shall contain a warning concerning the dangers of the exposure of liquid detergent packets to children. Such warning shall be readable and conspicuously placed on the package and shall state: "LIQUID DETERGENT PACKETS ARE NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR EXPOSED TO THE EYES OR SKIN. KEEP OUT OF REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN. IN CASE OF EXPOSURE CONTACT A PHYSI- CIAN OR POISON CONTROL CENTER IMMEDIATELY".
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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