Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-574.2 – Prohibited conduct

A. No person shall manufacture, sell, deliver, offer for sale, or use in connection with a consumer transaction any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:
1. 1. Dibutyl phthalate (CAS NO. 84–74–2);
2. 2. Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS NO. 117–81–7);
3. 3. Formaldehyde (CAS NO. 50–00–0);
4. 4. Paraformaldehyde (CAS NO. 30525–89–4);
5. 5. Methylene glycol (CAS NO. 463–57–0);
6. 6. Quaternium–15 (CAS NO. 51229–78–8);
7. 7. Mercury (CAS NO. 7439–97–6);
8. 8. Isobutylparaben (CAS NO. 4247–02–3);
9. 9. Isopropylparaben (CAS NO. 4191–73–5);
10. 10. M–phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS NO. 108–45–2);
11. 11. O–phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS NO. 95–54–5); or
12. 12. The following perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:
  1. a. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonic acid (CAS NO. 1763–23–1);
  2. b. Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane–1–sulfonate (CAS NO. 2795–39–3);
  3. c. Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS NO. 70225–14–8);
  4. d. Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS NO. 29081–56–9);
  5. e. Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS NO. 29457–72–5);
  6. f. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS NO. 335–67–1);
  7. g. Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS NO. 3825–26–1);
  8. h. Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS NO. 335–76–2);
  9. i. Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS NO. 3108–42–7);
  10. j. Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS NO. 3830–45–3);
  11. k. Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS NO. 375–95–1);
  12. l. Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS NO. 21049–39–8); or
  13. m. Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS NO. 4149–60–4).
B. No person shall be in violation of this section for manufacturing, selling, delivering, offering for sale, or using in connection with a consumer transaction a cosmetic product that:
1. 1. Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with the provisions of this section; and
2. 2. Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection A due to (i) an impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient, (ii) the manufacturing process, (iii) storage, or (iv) migrations from packaging.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A and B, the provisions of this section shall not apply to a retailer that does not (i) manufacture cosmetics containing ingredients prohibited in this section or (ii) knowingly sell or offer for sale cosmetics containing ingredients prohibited in this section.

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