NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 173.07 — False or Misleading Advertising or Labeling.

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(a) No manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of a hazardous substance shall disseminate or cause to be disseminated an advertisement concerning such hazardous substance that is false or misleading in regard to its safety or use. (b) No person shall sell or hold for sale any hazardous substance the labeling of whi

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§ 173.07 False or Misleading Advertising or Labeling.

RCNY § 173.07

(a)No manufacturer, packer, distributor or seller of a hazardous substance shall disseminate or cause to be disseminated an advertisement concerning such hazardous substance that is false or misleading in regard to its safety or use.

(b)No person shall sell or hold for sale any hazardous substance the labeling of which is false or misleading in regard to its safety of use.

(c)In determining whether the labeling of, or an advertisement concerning, a hazardous substance is false or misleading, the Department shall consider the representations made or suggested by the label's statement, word, picture, design or emblem and the extent to which the labeling or advertisement fails to reveal material facts about the substance.

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