CHAPTER 5.7. Products [42355. - 42358.5.]
Heading of Chapter 5.7 amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 504, Sec. 1.
§§ 42355–42358.5 · 11 sections
- § 42355 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Littered plastic products have caused and continue to cause significant environmental harm and…
- § 42355.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state that environmental marketing claims, whether explicit or implied, should be…
- § 42355.51 (a) A person shall not offer for sale, sell, distribute, or import into the state any product or packaging for which a deceptive or misleading claim about the…
- § 42356 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “ASTM” means the ASTM International. (b) (1) “ASTM standard specification” means either of…
- § 42356.1 (a) If an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356 is subsequently revised, the department shall review the…
- § 42356.2 The department may adopt an existing standard different from an ASTM standard specification, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356,…
- § 42357 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person shall not sell or offer for sale a product in this state that is labeled with the term “compostable” or…
- § 42357.5 (a) A manufacturer of a compostable plastic bag meeting an ASTM standard specification specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42356 or…
- § 42357.6 (a) For purposes of this section, “plastic food container product” means a product made of plastic that includes a tray, clamshell container, or other…
- § 42358 (a) A city, a county, or the state may impose civil liability in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation of this chapter, one…
- § 42358.5 This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2013.