,,ii  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,s4 #caee  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,june #bh1 #bjah ,mrs4 
,fe9/e9 7= h]self & ,mr4 ,blum5?al7     
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,heal?1 ,education1 ,labor1 & ,p5sions  
,a ,,bill  ,to ban ! use ( or?o-ph?alate
 *emicals z food contact sub/ances4  #a4
 ,%ort title  ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! 
,protect ,our ,food ,f ,ph?alate        
,contam9ation ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on
 use ( or?o-ph?alate *emicals z food    
contact sub/ances1 includ+ food packag+ 
mat]ials  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,not)/&+ any o!r 
provision ( law1 effective on ! date t  
is #b ye>s aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is 
,act--  7#a7 ! use ( any or?o-ph?alate  
*emical z a food contact sub/ance %all  
be deem$ to be unsafe = ! purposes ( !  
application ( clause 7#b77;,c7 ( section
 #djb7;a7 ( ! ,f$]al ,food1 ,drug1 &    
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cdb7;a772
  7#b7 any regulation previ\sly issu$ "u
 section #dji ( su* ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 

#cdh7 prescrib+ ! conditions "u :i* any 
or?o-ph?alate *emical may be safely us$ 
z a food contact sub/ance %all h no =ce 
or effect2 &  7#c7 ! ,secret>y ( ,heal? 
& ,human ,s]vices 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is ,act 
z ! ,secret>y7 %all object to any       
notification ( an int5d$ use ( an       
or?o-ph?alate *emical z a food contact  
sub/ance submitt$ "u section            
#dji7;h77#a7 ( su* ,act1 & may n issue  
regulations prescrib+ any conditions "u 
:i* any or?o-ph?alate *emical may be    
safely us$ z a food contact sub/ance4   
7b7 ,alt]native sub/ances ,not)/&+ any  
o!r provision ( law1 beg9n+ on ! date t 
is #b ye>s aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is 
,act1 9 act+ 9 response to any petition 
"u section #dji ( ! ,f$]al ,food1 ,drug1
 & ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cdh7  
to e/abli% safety ) respect to a food   
contact sub/ance t ! ,secret>y det]m9es 
to be an alt]native to an or?o-ph?alate 
*emical1 9 addition to ! crit]ia "u     
subsection 7c7 ( su* section #dji1 !    
,secret>y %all consid] pot5tial adv]se  

effects ( exposure to ! sub/ance on     
vuln]able populations1 includ+ pregnant 
wom51 infants1 *ildr51 ! eld]ly1 &      
populations ) high exposure1 includ+    
work]s :o are expos$ ?r\gh production   
practices or h&l+ ( f9al products4