No toy or other article intended for use by children (or an article packaged in a form suitable for use by children) may be sold, offered for sale, or given away without compensation, that is a hazardous substance or that bears or contains hazardous substance or economic poison (in such a manner as to be susceptible of access by a child to whom such article is entrusted) within the meaning of Section 2(f) (1) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261 (f) (1)), and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto unless specifically exempted by such law or regulations. A hazardous substance is a substance or mixture of substances which is (1) toxic, corrosive, an irritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable, combustible, radioactive, or which generates pressure through heat, decomposition, or other means, or which may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any foreseeable handling or use, including reasonable foreseeable ingestion by children, or (2) an article that may present an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard as may be determined pursuant to the aforementioned federal law or regulation.
(Prior code § 100.1-1)