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Menstrual products must now list what's inside in New York

Oct 14, 2019 11:11 pm
Nick Reisman reports at New York State of Politics that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new law last week mandating that all menstrual products must list what they are made of on the packaging. “Practically every product on the market today is required to list its ingredients, yet these items have inexplicably evaded this basic consumer protection,” Cuomo said. New York is the first state in the nation with such a law, which goes into effect in 180 days, and gives manufacturers 18 months to develop new packaging designs. Read more about this story at New York State of Politics.