Sec. 21a-111. (Formerly Sec. 19-230). Adulterated cosmetics.
Sec. 21a-111. (Formerly Sec. 19-230). Adulterated cosmetics. A cosmetic shall
be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious
substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed
in the labeling thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual; provided this provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of which bears the
following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution-This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test
according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be
used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness", and the
labeling of which bears adequate directions for such preliminary testing, and provided,
for the purposes of this subsection and subsection (e), the term "hair-dye" shall not
include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes; (b) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy,
putrid or decomposed substance; (c) if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or
whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; (d) if its container is composed,
in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the
contents injurious to health; or (e) if it is not a hair-dye and it bears or contains a color
additive which is unsafe within the meaning of section 21a-104.
(1949 Rev., S. 3947; 1963, P.A. 359, S. 8.)
History: 1963 act deleted provision in Subsec. (e) re regulations promulgated under section 364 of the federal act,
substituting reference to Sec. 19-224; Sec. 19-230 transferred to Sec. 21a-111 in 1983.