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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked
Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20252 areas read · 1 not read yet
No cookware PFAS law enacted.
- PFAS in food packaging (ECL 37-0209)
- PFAS in apparel (ECL 37-0121)
- other New York product laws
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet
- US federal cosmetics law also applies in New York
- New York 1,4-dioxane limits for cosmetics and personal care products (ECL § 35-0105)
- other New York state law for personal care products
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources
New York (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources
New York (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sourcesfrom 16 Sep 20231 area read · 3 not read yet
New York City local law.
- NYC Local Law 39 of 2023 (sale, lease and rental of powered bicycles, powered mobility devices and storage batteries need UL 2849, UL 2272 and UL 2271 certification), enacted text
- Local Laws 49 and 50 of 2024 (FDNY enforcement), NYC Admin. Code consolidated text and DCWP rules
- New York State Rechargeable Battery Law (ECL art. 27 title 22) and state e-bike rules
- NYC Admin. Code 20-610 enforcement and penalties are not covered
- Also bound by
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A retailer selling rechargeable batteries to New York consumers by catalog, mail, telephone or internet tells the buyer, at purchase or delivery, that used rechargeable batteries can be returned free for reuse or recycling
Disclosure to consumer
Remote-sale return notice (ECL 27-1807(1)(b)): a retailer selling rechargeable batteries to consumers in New York through non-retail outlets such as catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet must give, at the time of purchase or delivery, notice of an opportunity to return used rechargeable batteries at no cost to the consumer for reuse or recycling.
Exemptions (2)
Batteries for memory backup that are an integral component of an electronic device, vehicle batteries (other than e-scooter and e-bike batteries) and batteries storing power from alternative sources are not rechargeable batteries.
“or for memory backup that is an integral component of an electronic device;”
A food store (selling primarily food, under 14,000 square feet of display space) is not a retailer.
“For the purposes of this section retailer shall not include a food store; and”
The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. nysenate.gov text: 27-1803 and 27-1807 most recent revision from 2026-02-27; 27-1805 from 2014-09-22.
- Contains a battery
- It contains a rechargeable battery (any nickel-cadmium, sealed lead, lithium ion, or nickel metal hydride battery weighing less than fifty pounds, ECL 27-1803(4)(a)), and you sell it to consumers in New York (a retailer: the sale of rechargeable batteries, or products containing such batteries, to a consumer in the state, 27-1803(5)) through catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet (27-1807(1)(b))
Depends on: contains battery
In force, start date unknown
The title states no calendar start date: retailers comply “no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this title” (27-1807(1)(f)). 2014-09-22 is the earliest revision the official nysenate.gov page shows; the date shown is a proxy.
“Retailers that sell rechargeable batteries to consumers in the state through non-retail outlets such as through catalogs, or by mail, telephone or the internet shall provide at the time of purchase or delivery to the consumer notice of an opportunity to return used rechargeable batteries at no cost to the consumer for reuse or recycling.”
- Disclosure
A retailer selling rechargeable batteries to New York consumers by catalog, mail, telephone or internet tells the buyer, at purchase or delivery, that used rechargeable batteries can be returned free for reuse or recycling
Disclosure to consumer
Remote-sale return notice (ECL 27-1807(1)(b)): a retailer selling rechargeable batteries to consumers in New York through non-retail outlets such as catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet must give, at the time of purchase or delivery, notice of an opportunity to return used rechargeable batteries at no cost to the consumer for reuse or recycling.
Exemptions (2)
Batteries for memory backup that are an integral component of an electronic device, vehicle batteries (other than e-scooter and e-bike batteries) and batteries storing power from alternative sources are not rechargeable batteries.
“or for memory backup that is an integral component of an electronic device;”
ECL 27-1803(4)(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27New York State Senate (Open Legislation): ECL 27-1807(1)(b)(opens in a new tab) A food store (selling primarily food, under 14,000 square feet of display space) is not a retailer.
“For the purposes of this section retailer shall not include a food store; and”
ECL 27-1803(5) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27New York State Senate (Open Legislation): ECL 27-1807(1)(b)(opens in a new tab) The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. nysenate.gov text: 27-1803 and 27-1807 most recent revision from 2026-02-27; 27-1805 from 2014-09-22.
- Applies when
- Contains a battery
- It contains a rechargeable battery (any nickel-cadmium, sealed lead, lithium ion, or nickel metal hydride battery weighing less than fifty pounds, ECL 27-1803(4)(a)), and you sell it to consumers in New York (a retailer: the sale of rechargeable batteries, or products containing such batteries, to a consumer in the state, 27-1803(5)) through catalogs, mail, telephone or the internet (27-1807(1)(b))
Depends on: contains battery
- Effective
In force, start date unknown
The title states no calendar start date: retailers comply “no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this title” (27-1807(1)(f)). 2014-09-22 is the earliest revision the official nysenate.gov page shows; the date shown is a proxy.
- Source
“Retailers that sell rechargeable batteries to consumers in the state through non-retail outlets such as through catalogs, or by mail, telephone or the internet shall provide at the time of purchase or delivery to the consumer notice of an opportunity to return used rechargeable batteries at no cost to the consumer for reuse or recycling.”
ECL 27-1807(1)(b) · fetched 2026-10-27New York State Senate (Open Legislation): ECL 27-1807(1)(b)(opens in a new tab)
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- New York ECL 37-0121 PFAS in apparel (enacted text, NY Senate laws of New York)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate; NYSDEC · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 3 versions kept
- NYSDEC page: PFAS in food packaging(opens in a new tab)NYS Department of Environmental Conservation · Guidance (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 27 Title 18, 27-1803, 27-1805, 27-1807 (Extended Producer Responsibility for Rechargeable Batteries)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law 37-0111 (prohibition against brominated flame retardants)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York Environmental Conservation Law 37-0201 to 37-0209 (hazardous packaging: toxics in packaging)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- New York Environmental Conservation Law Article 37 Title 9 (child safe products, sections 37-0901 to 37-0913)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York ECL 37-0209 (PFAS in food packaging) and 37-0121 (apparel)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York General Business Law 399-nn (Digital Fair Repair Act)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate (Open Legislation) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- New York S8817 (2020), adding ECL 37-0209 (PFAS in food packaging)(opens in a new tab)New York State Senate · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- NYC Local Law 39 of 2023 (UL 2849, UL 2272, UL 2271 for powered bicycles, mobility devices and storage batteries), enacted text(opens in a new tab)New York City Council (copy hosted at intro.nyc) · Statute (PDF)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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