2020 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 22-A - Consumer Protection From Deceptive Acts and Practices
349-A - Observant Consumer Protection Law.

Universal Citation:
NY Gen Bus L § 349-A (2020)
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§  349-a.  Observant  consumer protection law. 1. No person selling or
exposing for sale  any  mezuzah  or  tefillin  which,  to  the  seller's
knowledge,  does  not  satisfy orthodox Hebrew ritual requirements shall
represent, by direct or implied oral or  written  statement,  that  such
mezuzah  or  tefillin  is  kosher  or  meets  orthodox  Hebrew religious
requirements.
  2. No manufacturer, fabricator or importer  of  mezuzahs  or  tefillin
shall  sell  or  transfer  for  sale  any mezuzah or tefillin unless the
following truthful consumer information  is  printed  legibly  upon  the
article  itself,  upon  its packaging, or upon a label securely attached
thereto:

(a) the name and address of the manufacturer, fabricator, or importer;

(b) in the case of any mezuzah or tefillin that, in the form reasonably expected to be sold at retail, is not in accordance with orthodox Hebrew ritual requirements, the word "non-kosher." 3. No person selling or exposing for sale any mezuzah or tefillin shall sell such article without the accompanying consumer information specified in subdivision two of this section. 4. Any sale, transfer for sale, or exposure for sale in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a deceptive practice within the meaning of section three hundred forty-nine of this chapter, and any remedy provided therein shall be available for the enforcement of this section. 5. (a) "Mezuzah" means the religious article designed to be affixed, according to Jewish law, to the doorposts of rooms in a home, including the parchment or other matter upon which passages from the Bible are written, and the writing thereon.

(b) "Tefillin" means the religious article, also known as "phylacteries," designed to be worn, according to Jewish law, on the upper arm and head during morning prayers, including the parchment or other matter upon which passages from the Bible are written, the writing thereon, the capsules in which the parchment is contained, and the straps affixed thereto.

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