(a) "Synthetic detergent" or "detergent" means any cleaning compound which is available for household laundry use, which is composed of organic and inorganic compounds, including soaps, water softeners, surface active agents, dispersing agents, foaming agents, buffering agents, builders, fillers, dyes, enzymes and fabric softeners, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form.
(b) "Polyphosphate builder" or "phosphorous" means a water softening and soil suspending agent made from condensed phosphates, including pyrophosphates, triphosphates, tripolyphosphates, metaphosphates, and glassy phosphates, used as a detergent ingredient, but shall not include "polyphosphate builders" or "phosphorous" which is essential for medical, scientific or special engineering use.
(c) "Recommended use level" means the amount of synthetic detergent or detergent which the manufacturer thereof recommends for use per wash load, at which level such "synthetic detergent" or "detergent" will effectively perform its intended function. (Ord. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)
No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form, in the City from and after January 1, 1978, unless the container, wrapper or other packaging thereof shall be clearly labeled with respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorous ingredient content clearly and legibly set forth thereon in terms of percentage of phosphorous by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, per recommended use level.
(Ord. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)
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