Sellers would limit weight-loss and muscle-building products to adult buyers

People would be barred from selling or offering covered products to anyone under 18, or giving them away to minors as retail or wholesale promotions. The ban would cover nonprescription drugs marketed for weight loss and supplements marketed for weight loss or muscle building. The attorney general would consider ingredients and marketing when identifying covered supplements. The Massachusetts attorney general could ask a court to stop violations without proving that someone was injured. A court could impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation.

Retail sellers would keep covered products where only employees could reach them. Retail sellers would use locations such as behind a counter or in a locked case to prevent customers from directly reaching these products. For diet pills and weight-loss supplements, sellers would request valid ID when they cannot reasonably determine that the buyer appears to be under 18. The store ID clause does not expressly include supplements marketed only for muscle building.

Delivery sellers would verify that buyers are at least 18 before accepting orders and require an adult’s signature and photo ID at delivery. These duties would cover sellers, including online retailers, that mail or ship covered products. Whoever accepts delivery would need government-issued photo ID showing they are at least 18. Sellers would check the buyer’s full name, birth date, and home address against a commercial database based mainly on government records. Sellers could not possess, control, change, or add information to the verification database.