{"data":{"id":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-1746","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"32 M.R.S. §1746","heading":"Applicability","body":"The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:\n1.  Industry.  A chemical used in or for industry or manufacturing, including chemicals processed or otherwise used in or for industrial or manufacturing processes;\n2.  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;\n3.  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\n4.  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.","path":["TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 26-B: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN FOOD PACKAGING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec1746.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:37Z","sha256":"7b53e025502284029b024cdab0058ed843cb1701b88dddc0b733ec318540d159","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-1745","next":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-1747"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}