Youth Poisoning Protection Act

What does the Youth Poisoning Protection Act do?

S 289 is a Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). This bill treats any consumer product containing a high concentration of sodium nitrite (defined as 10 or more percent by weight) as a banned hazardous product under Section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. §2057). A rule of construction limits the ban's reach: it does not prohibit commercial or industrial uses where high-concentration sodium nitrite is not customarily produced or distributed for consumer sale or use, and it does not apply to substances meeting the definition of a drug, device, cosmetic, or food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act — including poultry and poultry products, meat and meat food products, and eggs and egg products under the Poultry Products Inspection Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act, and Egg Products Inspection Act. "Consumer product" carries its Section 3(a)(5) meaning. The ban takes effect 90 days after enactment.