N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-26.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:27-26.7 - Container labeling

(a) On and after January 1, 2009, each manufacturer of an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer subject to this subchapter shall display the following information on the product container or label:

1. A statement of the manufacturer's recommendation regarding thinning, reducing, or mixing of the product, except that:

i. This requirement does not apply to the thinning of a product with water; and

ii. If thinning of the product prior to use is not necessary, the recommendation must specify that the product is to be applied without thinning;

2. The maximum or the actual VOC content of the product in accordance with 7:27-26.6, as supplied, displayed in grams of VOC per liter of product; and

3.The maximum or the actual VOC content of the product in accordance with 7:27-26.6, which includes the manufacturer's maximum recommendation for thinning, as applied, displayed in grams of VOC per liter of product.

(b) Except as provided at (c) below, a manufacturer of an adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer subject to this subchapter shall clearly display, on each product package, the day, month, and year in which the product was manufactured, or a code indicating such date (that is, a date-code). The date or date-code shall be located on the packaging, or inside the cover or cap, so that it is readily observable or obtainable without irreversibly disassembling any part of the packaging, such as by simply removing the cover or cap. Use of the following code to indicate the date of manufacture in compliance with the requirements of this subsection will exempt the manufacturer from the requirements of (c) below, if the code is represented separately from other codes on the product container so that it is easily recognizable:

YY DDD

Where:

"YY"=two digits representing the year in which the product was manufactured, and

"DDD"=three digits representing the day of the year on which the product was manufactured, with "001" representing the first day of the year, "002" representing the second day of the year, and so forth (also known as the "Julian date").

(c) If for any adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or sealant primer the manufacturer uses a date-code other than the YY DDD format to comply with (b) above, the manufacturer shall submit an explanation of the date portion of the product code to the Department. The explanation shall be submitted with the electronic registration of the date code, in accordance with the requirements of 7:27-26.8.

(d) Subsection (c) above does not apply to a product if:

1. The product contains no VOC; or contains 0.10 percent VOC, or less, by weight; or

2. The product is offered to consumers free of charge for the purpose of sampling the product.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-26.7