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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
No person, association, or corporation shall manufacture, store, offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of or distribute white phosphorous, single-dipped, strike-anywhere matches of the type popularly known as “parlor matches”; nor manufacture, store, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of, or distribute, white phosphorous, double-dipped, strike-anywhere matches or any other type of double-dipped matches, unless the bulb or first dip of such match is composed of a so-called safety or inert composition, nonignitible as an abrasive surface; nor manufacture, store, sell, or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of or distribute matches which when packed in a carton of 500 approximate capacity and placed in an oven maintained at a constant temperature of 200 degrees F., will ignite in eight hours; nor manufacture, store, offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of, or distribute, blazer, or so-called wind matches, whether of the so-called safety or strike-anywhere type.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 66. Commerce and Business § 66-12. Requirements for matches permitted to be sold - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-66-commerce-and-business/nc-gen-st-sect-66-12/
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