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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":[{"id":374810,"section_number":"62.1-193.1","catch_line":"Prohibition on certain cleaning agents","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-193.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1495591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374811,"identifier":"62.1-193.2","token":"62.1\/19.1\/62.1-193.2","url":"\/62.1-193.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-193.2\/","token":"62.1\/19.1\/62.1-193.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-193.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A person may use, sell, manufacture, or distribute for use or sale, a cleaning agent that contains greater than zero percent phosphorus by weight but does not exceed 8.7 percent phosphorus by weight that is: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A detergent used in a commercial dishwashing machine; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A substance excluded from the zero percent phosphorus limitation of this chapter by regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services which are based on a finding<\/span> that compliance with this chapter would:\n\t\t\t\ta. Create a significant hardship on the user; or

\t\t\t\tb. Be unreasonable because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This chapter shall not apply to a cleaning agent that is: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Used in dairy, beverage, or food processing equipment; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A product used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics, or health care facilities or in agricultural or dairy production or in the manufacture of health care supplies; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Used in a commercial laundry that provides laundry services for a hospital, health care facility or veterinary hospital; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Manufactured, stored, or distributed for use or sale outside of the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research facility, chemical laboratory, and engineering laboratory; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows, sinks, counters, ovens, tubs, or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing fixtures; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical, or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, such as boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers, or hot water heating systems. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 62.1-193.2)\n\nA. A person may use, sell, manufacture, or distribute for use or sale, a\ncleaning agent that contains greater than zero percent phosphorus by weight but\ndoes not exceed 8.7 percent phosphorus by weight that is:\n\n 1. A detergent used in a commercial dishwashing machine; and\n\n 2. A substance excluded from the zero percent phosphorus limitation of this\n chapter by regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer\n Services which are based on a finding that compliance with this chapter would:\n \t\t\t\ta. Create a significant hardship on the user; or\t\t\t\tb. Be unreasonable\n because of the lack of an adequate substitute cleaning agent.\n\nB. This chapter shall not apply to a cleaning agent that is:\n\n 1. Used in dairy, beverage, or food processing equipment;\n\n 2. A product used as an industrial sanitizer, brightener, acid cleaner or\n metal conditioner, including phosphoric acid products or trisodium phosphate;\n\n 3. Used in hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics, or health care\n facilities or in agricultural or dairy production or in the manufacture of\n health care supplies;\n\n 4. Used in a commercial laundry that provides laundry services for a hospital,\n health care facility or veterinary hospital;\n\n 5. Used by industry for metal cleaning or conditioning;\n\n 6. Manufactured, stored, or distributed for use or sale outside of the\n Commonwealth;\n\n 7. Used in any laboratory, including a biological laboratory, research\n facility, chemical laboratory, and engineering laboratory;\n\n 8. Used for cleaning hard surfaces, including household cleansers for windows,\n sinks, counters, ovens, tubs, or other food preparation surfaces and plumbing\n fixtures; or\n\n 9. Used as a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical, or corrosion\n inhibitor intended for use in closed systems, such as boilers, air\n conditioners, cooling towers, or hot water heating systems.\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"}}