1. The consumer protection regulations will include new online shopping rules. 2. A senior White House official said the regulations could also include some tougher steps aimed at curbing the use of tobacco by young people. 3. The regulations include strict limits on smokestack emission of ethanol fumes, which are produced by leavened bread. 4. The regulations will likely include fines for stores that sell to minors and require that cigarettes be kept behind the counter. 5. The regulations announced Friday include most of those proposals with a few exceptions. 6. Those regulations do not include altering of nicotine levels in cigarettes. 7. To the surprise of many, the proposed regulations included genetically engineered and irradiated foods, and produce farmed with sewage sludge. 8. BOT Governor Chaiyawat Wibulsawasdi said last weekend the regulations would include new provisioning guidelines and loan classifications. 9. But the Massachusetts regulations also included a ban on tobacco ads facing the street from stores near schools. 10. Strengthened regulations could include empowering the Customs and Excise Department to close down premises selling pirated products. |