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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 66 and 67 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 10<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":374811,"section_number":"62.1-193.2","catch_line":"Exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-193.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1495587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374810,"identifier":"62.1-193.1","token":"62.1\/19.1\/62.1-193.1","url":"\/62.1-193.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-193.1\/","token":"62.1\/19.1\/62.1-193.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition on certain cleaning agents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-193.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 62.1-193.2<\/a>, a person may not use, sell, manufacture or distribute for use or sale in the Commonwealth any cleaning agent that contains more than zero percent phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus except for an amount not exceeding 0.5 percent that is incidental to manufacturing. For the purposes of this chapter, “cleaning agent” means a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household dishwashing detergent, household cleaner, metal cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CLEANING AGENTS (\u00a7 62.1-193.1)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 62.1-193.2, a person may not use, sell, manufacture or\ndistribute for use or sale in the Commonwealth any cleaning agent that contains\nmore than zero percent phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus\nexcept for an amount not exceeding 0.5 percent that is incidental to\nmanufacturing. For the purposes of this chapter, “cleaning agent”\nmeans a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household dishwashing\ndetergent, household cleaner, metal cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate\ncompound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, cc. 66, 67; 2008, c. 10.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}