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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. A person may use, sell, manufacture, or distribute for use or sale, a cleaning agent that contains greater than zero percent phosphorus by weight but does not exceed 8.7 percent phosphorus by weight that is:
1. A detergent used in a commercial dishwashing machine; and
2. A substance excluded from the zero percent phosphorus limitation of this chapter by regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services which are based on a finding that compliance with this chapter would:
a. Create a significant hardship on the user; or
b. Be unreasonable because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent.
B. This chapter shall not apply to a cleaning agent that is:
1. Used in dairy, beverage, or food processing equipment;
2. A product used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate;
3. Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics, or health care facilities or in agricultural or dairy production or in the manufacture of health care supplies;
4. Used in a commercial laundry that provides laundry services for a hospital, health care facility or veterinary hospital;
5. Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;
6. Manufactured, stored, or distributed for use or sale outside of the Commonwealth;
7. Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical laboratory, and engineering laboratory;
8. Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows, sinks, counters, ovens, tubs, or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing fixtures; or
9. Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical, or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, such as boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers, or hot water heating systems.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Virginia Code Title 62.1. Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors § 62.1-193.2. Exceptions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/va/title-62-1-waters-of-the-state-ports-and-harbors/va-code-sect-62-1-193-2/
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