In Brief: Mass. cosmetic/fragrance insert bill
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Mass. cosmetic/fragrance insert bill: HB 4246, which requires all fragrance and cosmetics inserts in publications distributed within Massachusetts to "be enclosed in an odor proof, sealed packet," is awaiting committee vote following a March 27 House Commerce and Labor Committee public hearing. At the hearing, CTFA testified that the bill is "unnecessary and detrimental," noting that the Postal Service already regulates fragrance insert mailings. HB 4246 also would impede the development of new odor-proof fragrance sampling technologies in packets that are not completely sealed, the trade association maintained. The measure was introduced Dec. 7 by Rep. Mary Jeanette Murray (R-Cohasset). In New York, a similar fragrance insert bill, SB 3361, introduced March 7 into the Senate Consumer Protection Committee by Sen. Martin Connor (D-25th dist.), will not be acted on this year and will carry over to the 1996 session, according to the state's press office...
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