Section 21-259.2 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Sale of cosmetic products containing certain intentionally added ingredients(a) In this section:(1) "Ingredient" means any single chemical entity or mixture used as a component in the manufacture of a cosmetic product; and(2) "Ingredient" does not include an incidental ingredient, as described in 21 C.F.R. § 701.3(l).(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not knowingly manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in the State a cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients: (1) Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84-74-2);(2) Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117-81-7);(3) Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50-00-0);(4) Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525-89-4);(5) Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463-57-0);(6) Quaternium-15 (CAS no. 51229-78-8);(7) Mercury (CAS no. 7439-97-6);(8) Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247-02-3);(9) Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191-73-5);(10) m-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108-45-2);(11) o-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95-54-5); or(12) The following per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:(i) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) or heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763-23-1);(ii) Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate or potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate (CAS no. 2795-39-3);(iii) Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no. 70225-14-8);(iv) Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate or ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29081-56-9);(v) Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate or lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS no. 29457-72-5);(vi) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS no. 335-67-1);(vii) Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825-26-1);(viii) Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 335-76-2);(ix) Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108-42-7);(x) Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830-45-3);(xi) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) (CAS no. 375-95-1);(xii) Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049-39-8); or(xiii) Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149-60-4).(c) A person is not in violation of this section if the person manufactures, sells, delivers, holds, or offers for sale in the State a cosmetic product that:(1) Was manufactured through a process intended to comply with this section; and(2) Contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subsection (b) of this section due to:(i) An impurity of a natural or synthetic ingredient;(ii) The manufacturing process;Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 490, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2025.