§ 14-1. Labeling and sales of detergents containing phosphorous.

(a)

Definitions. In this section:

(1)

Synthetic detergent or detergent means any cleaning compound which is available for household use, laundry use, other personal uses or industrial 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.

(2)

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 builder or phosphorous which is essential for medical, scientific or special engineering use under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed, after hearing, by the Lake County Air and Water Pollution Control Board.

(3)

Recommended use level means the amount of synthetic detergent or detergent which the manufacturer thereof recommends for use per wash load, at which level the synthetic detergent or detergent will effectively perform its intended function.

(4)

Machine dishwasher means equipment manufactured for the purpose of cleaning dishes, glassware and other utensils involved in food preparation, consumption or use, using a combination of water agitation and high temperatures.

(5)

Dairy equipment, beverage equipment and food processing equipment means that equipment used in the production of milk and dairy products, foods and beverages, including the processing, preparation or packaging thereof for consumption.

(6)

Industrial cleaning equipment means machinery and other tools used in cleaning processes during the course of industrial manufacturing, production and assembly.

(b)

Labeling. It shall be unlawful for any person to 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 county 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 phosphorous per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorous, expressed as elemental phosphorous, per recommended use level.

(c)

Limitation on phosphorous control. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent containing more than eight and seven-tenths (8.7) percent of phosphorous by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorous. It shall also be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent which requires a recommended use level of said synthetic detergent or detergent which contains more than seven (7) grams of phosphorous by weight expressed as elemental phosphorous. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection synthetic detergents or detergents manufactured for use in machine dishwashers, dairy equipment, beverage equipment, food processing equipment and industrial cleaning equipment shall not be subject to the limitations herein set forth. The concentration of phosphorous by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorous in any synthetic detergent or detergent shall be determined by the current applicable method prescribed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (A.S.T.M.).

(Ord. No. 1971-1, §§ I—III, 2-4-71; Ord. No. 1971-2, § I, 3-18-71; Ord. No. 1971-3, § I, 8-5-71; Ord. No. 1980-11, § I, 6-17-80)

Cross reference

Water supply and waste disposal, Ch. 21.