When a Cosmetic Deemed Adulterated

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
  4. Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Drugs and Cosmetics
  5. When a Cosmetic Deemed Adulterated

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  1. 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 thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual, provided that this paragraph 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;
    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 unsanitary 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; or
    5. If it is not a hair dye and it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch which has been certified under authority of the federal act.
  2. For the purpose of paragraphs (1) and (5) of subsection (a) of this Code section, the term "hair dye" shall not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes.

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 529, § 12; Code 1933, § 79A-1011, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 296, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 2 C.J.S., Adulteration, §§ 2, 4.

ALR.

- Liability of manufacturer or seller for injury or death allegedly caused by failure to warn regarding danger in use of vaccine or prescription drug, 94 A.L.R.3d 748.


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