HB2418 - Potassium Bromate Exposure Act

• Creates requirement that persons in business must provide clear and reasonable warning before knowingly and intentionally exposing individuals to potassium bromate or bromated flour.

• Exempts businesses with fewer than 10 employees and all government entities (local, state, and federal) from the warning requirement.

• Allows warnings to be provided through general methods such as product labels, customer mailings, public notices, and news media rather than individual notifications.

• Establishes civil penalties up to $2,500 per day for violations, enforceable through court action by the Attorney General or State's Attorneys, with consideration of factors including willfulness, good faith compliance efforts, and deterrent effect.

• Assigns the Department of Public Health responsibility for administering and implementing the Act through rulemaking, with burden on defendants to prove exposures pose no significant risk as exemption from warning requirement.