HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1343        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 270

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the packaging of goods..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 307C the following section:-

Section 307B. The opening of packaged goods shall be made manually accessible by the use of perforations, tabs, or other means.  This shall not apply to tamper-proof containers.