2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 35 - (35-0101 - 35-0109) DETERGENTS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD CLEANSING PRODUCTS
35-0105 - Distribution and sale of household cleansing products; possession or use of household cleansing products containing phosphorus by commercial establish

§ 35-0105. Distribution   and  sale  of  household  cleansing  products;
               possession  or  use   of   household   cleansing   products
               containing    phosphorus   by   commercial   establishments
               restricted.
    1. No person shall distribute, sell, offer or expose for sale in  this
  state  any  household  cleansing product unless its wrapper or container
  shall  be  plainly  labeled  as  provided  in  this   subdivision.   The
  commissioner  may  by  rule  or  regulation  exempt  products shipped or
  distributed in bulk from provisions of this subdivision. The wrapper  or
  container  of  every household cleansing product must list the weight of
  each ingredient which the commissioner determines may  affect  adversely
  human   health   or  the  environment,  including  but  not  limited  to
  phosphorus. Such listing shall be by percentage of total weight of  such
  product  and  by  grams  per  recommended  use,  in  descending order of
  predominance. Labeling of ingredients shall be in  accordance  with  the
  nomenclature   established   by  regulation  of  the  commissioner.  The
  percentage by weight in the  container  and  the  weight  in  grams  per
  recommended  use level of each ingredient shall be expressed to at least
  two significant figures or as specified by the commissioner. Analyses to
  determine actual composition shall be performed in accordance with rules
  and regulations of the commissioner.
    2. a. (1)  No  household  cleansing  product,  except  those  used  in
  dishwashers,   food   and   beverage  processing  equipment,  and  dairy
  equipment, shall be distributed, sold, offered or exposed  for  sale  in
  this  state  which  contains a phosphorus compound other than such trace
  concentrations as may be authorized by the commissioner by regulation.
    (2) No household  cleansing  product  used  in  dishwashers  shall  be
  distributed,  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale in this state which
  contains a phosphorus compound  in  excess  of  five-tenths  percent  by
  weight expressed as phosphorus.
    (3)   No  household  cleansing  product  used  in  food  and  beverage
  processing equipment and dairy equipment  shall  be  distributed,  sold,
  offered  or  exposed  for sale in this state which contains a phosphorus
  compound in excess of eight and seven-tenths percent by weight expressed
  as phosphorus.
    * b. No  owner,  occupant,  or  person  in  control  of  a  commercial
  establishment  shall possess or use or authorize any other person by way
  of service contract or other arrangement to possess or use in this state
  any household cleansing product except those used in  dishwashers,  food
  and  beverage  processing  equipment,  and  dairy equipment, on or after
  January 1, 1976 which shall contain a phosphorus compound other than  in
  such  trace  or  incidental  concentrations  as may be authorized by the
  commissioner by regulation.
    * NB Effective until July 1, 2013
    * b. No  owner,  occupant,  or  person  in  control  of  a  commercial
  establishment  shall possess or use or authorize any other person by way
  of service contract or other arrangement to possess or use in this state
  any household cleansing product which contains a phosphorus compound  in
  excess  of the amount allowed for such product under paragraph a of this
  subdivision.
    * NB Effective July 1, 2013
    3. No person shall distribute, sell, offer or expose for sale in  this
  state  any  household  cleansing  product  which  does  not  comply with
  regulations of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to subdivision 3 of
  section 35-0107.