(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. 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 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.
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