10.1-1425.21 - Definitions.
§ 10.1-1425.21. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Distributor" means any person who takes title to products or packagingpurchased for resale.
"Intentional introduction" means the act of deliberately using a regulatedheavy metal in the formulation of a package or packaging component where itscontinued presence in the final package or packaging component is to providea specific characteristic or quality. The use of a regulated heavy metal as aprocessing agent or intermediate to impart certain chemical or physicalchanges during manufacturing, whereupon the incidental retention of a residueof the metal in the final package or packaging component is neither desirednor deliberate is not considered to be "intentional introduction" where thefinal package or packaging component is in compliance with subsection C of §10.1-1425.22.
"Manufacturer" means any person that produces products, packages,packaging, or components of products or packaging.
"Package" means any container which provides a means of marketing,protecting, or handling a product, including a unit package, intermediatepackage, or a shipping container, as defined in the American Society forTesting and Materials (ASTM) specification D996. The term includes, but isnot limited to, unsealed receptacles such as carrying cases, crates, cups,pails, rigid foil and other trays, wrapping and wrapping film, bags, and tubs.
"Packaging component" means any individual assembled part of a package,including, but not limited to, interior and exterior blocking, bracing,cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping, coatings, closures, inks,and labels. Tin-plated steel that meets ASTM specification A-623 shall beconsidered as a single package component. Electro-galvanized coated steelthat meets ASTM specification A-525, and hot-dipped coated galvanized steelthat meets ASTM specification A-879 shall be treated in the same manner astin-plated steel.
(1994, c. 944; 1995, c. 115.)