STATE OF NEW YORK
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425
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. SEMINERIO, HOOPER -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring hair
shampoo packaging to bear a warning label
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 395-c to read as follows:
3 § 395-c. Labeling of hair shampoo. 1. No person, firm, or corporation
4 shall sell or offer for sale any hair shampoo containing sodium lauryl
5 sulfate and/or cocamide DEA, unless there is printed on the package in
6 which such hair shampoo is sold or offered for sale, the following
7 caution:
8 "Caution--Use only as directed. Excessive use or prolonged exposure
9 may cause irritation to skin. Discontinue use if rash, redness, or itch-
10 ing occurs. Consult your physician if irritation persists. Keep out of
11 reach of children."
12 2. In the case of products intended for use by children, the phrase
13 "except under adult supervision" may be added at the end of the last
14 sentence in the caution required by subdivision one of this section.
15 3. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penal-
16 ty not to exceed five hundred dollars.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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