Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2416
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-11
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Health technology, devices, supplies

Sex and reproductive health

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2017</b></p> This bill requires menstrual products, such as menstrual cups, menstrual pads, tampons, and therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses, to include a list of ingredients on the label.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2416 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2017 Ms. Meng (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.