Menstrual Products Right To Know Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2268 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain men- strual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each ingre- dient or component of the product, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2019 Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat certain menstrual products as misbranded if their labeling does not list each ingredient or component of the product, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Menstrual Products 4 Right To Know Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 Apr 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2268.IH H2268 tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2268 IH SEC. 2. CERTAIN MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS MISBRANDED IF 1 LABELING DOES NOT INCLUDE INGREDI- 2 ENTS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502 of the Federal Food, 4 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by 5 adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(ee) If it is a menstrual product, such as a men- 7 strual cup, a scented, scented deodorized, or unscented 8 menstrual pad or tampon, a therapeutic vaginal douche 9 apparatus, or an obstetrical and gynecological device de- 10 scribed in section 884.5400, 884.5425, 884.5435, 11 884.5460, 884.5470, or 884.5900 of title 21, Code of Fed- 12 eral Regulations (or any successor regulation), unless its 13 label or labeling lists the name of each ingredient or com- 14 ponent of the product in order of the most predominant 15 ingredient or component to the least predominant ingre- 16 dient or component.’’. 17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 18 subsection (a) applies with respect to products introduced 19 or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce on 20 or after the date that is one year after the date of the 21 enactment of this Act. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:59 Apr 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2268.IH H2268 tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS