Bill C-680: An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (microbeads)

C-680 Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-680 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (microbeads) first reading, May 13, 2015 Mr. McKay 412302 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to prohibit the sale of cosmetics that contain pieces of plastic that measure five millimetres or less in every dimension. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:http://www.parl.gc.ca 2nd Session, 41st Parliament, 62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015 house of commons of canada BILL C-680 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (microbeads) R.S., c. F-27 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a): (a.1) contains pieces of degradable or non-degradable plastic that measure five millimetres or less in every dimension; Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons