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§ 21-259-2

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** TAKES EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2025 PER CHAPTER 490 OF 2021 ** (a) In this section: (1) 'Ingredient' means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product; and (2) 'Ingredient' does not include an incidental ingredient, as described in 21 C.F.R. § 701.3(l). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not knowingly manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in the State a cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients: (1) Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84–74–2); (2) Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117–81–7); (3) Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50–00–0); (4) Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525–89–4); (5) Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463–57–0); (6) Quaternium–15 (CAS no. 51229–78–8); (7) Mercury (CAS no. 7439–97–6); (8) Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247–02–3); (9) Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191–73–5); (10) m–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108–45–2); (11) o–Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95–54–5); or (12) The following per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts: (i) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS no.

d its salts (CAS no. 95–54–5); or (12) The following per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts: (i) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763–23–1); (ii) Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonate (CAS no. 2795–39–3); (iii) Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225–14–8); (iv) Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29081–56–9); (v) Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29457–72–5); (vi) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS no. 335–67–1); (vii) Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825–26–1); (viii) Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335–76–2); (ix) Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108–42–7); (x) Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830–45–3); (xi) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS no. 375–95–1); (xii) Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049–39–8); or (xiii) Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149–60–4). (c) A person is not in violation of this section if the person manufactures, sells, delivers, holds, or offers for sale in the State a cosmetic

(xiii) Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149–60–4). (c) A person is not in violation of this section if the person manufactures, sells, delivers, holds, or offers for sale in the State a cosmetic product that: (1) Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with this section; and (2) Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection (b) of this section due to: (i) An impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient; (ii) The manufacturing process; (iii) Storage; or (iv) Packaging.