                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADULTERATED COSMETICS (§ 54.1-3464)

A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated:

1. 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 or advertisement, or under such conditions of use as are customary or
usual. This provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of which
bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: &#8220;Caution
&#8212; 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,&#8221; and the labeling of which bears
adequate directions for such preliminary testing. For the purpose of this
subdivision and subdivision 5, the term &#8220;hair dye&#8221; shall not include
eyelash or eyebrow dyes;

2. If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance;

3. 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;

4. If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;

5. If it is not a hair dye, and it is or it bears or contains a color additive
which is unsafe within the meaning of the federal act or &#xA7; 54.1-3460.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-462; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.96; 1988, c. 765.