35 Pa. Stat. § 5205

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-79
Section 5205 - Materials used; disinfection; certificate; flammability test

All material used in stuffed toys shall be new or recycled material and free from dangerous or harmful chemicals or other substances and shall be free from oil, dirt, refuse and similar substances. Manufacturers using material either inside of the stuffed toys or any part covering the outside of the stuffed toys that contain products of animal origin must ensure that the material has been properly sterilized by following a process approved by the department. These manufacturers must also obtain a certificate of disinfection from the department on forms provided by the department. Such application shall contain with it a random sample of the said product of animal origin as it is contained in stuffed toys ready for market. In disinfection of such material only processes approved by the department may be used. In determining what processes shall be approved, the department shall insure that the said product of animal origin shall be clean and pure and neither harmful nor dangerous to potential users thereof. Stuffed toys shall also be subjected to a flammability test and any stuffed toy determined by the department to be highly inflammable and dangerous shall not be approved.

35 P.S. § 5205

Amended by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 30,§ 2, eff. 8/27/2024.
1961, July 25, P.L. 857, § 5. Amended 1967, Oct. 9, P.L. 364, No. 161, § 1.