Section 349-A. Observant consumer protection law  


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  • 1. No person selling or
      exposing for sale  any  mezuzah  or  tefillin  which,  to  the  seller's
      knowledge,  does  not  satisfy orthodox Hebrew ritual requirements shall
      represent, by direct or implied oral or  written  statement,  that  such
      mezuzah  or  tefillin  is  kosher  or  meets  orthodox  Hebrew religious
      requirements.
        2. No manufacturer, fabricator or importer  of  mezuzahs  or  tefillin
      shall  sell  or  transfer  for  sale  any mezuzah or tefillin unless the
      following truthful consumer information  is  printed  legibly  upon  the
      article  itself,  upon  its packaging, or upon a label securely attached
      thereto:
        (a) the name and address of the manufacturer, fabricator, or importer;
        (b) in the  case  of  any  mezuzah  or  tefillin  that,  in  the  form
      reasonably  expected  to  be  sold  at retail, is not in accordance with
      orthodox Hebrew ritual requirements, the word "non-kosher."
        3. No person selling or exposing for  sale  any  mezuzah  or  tefillin
      shall  sell  such  article without the accompanying consumer information
      specified in subdivision two of this section.
        4. Any sale, transfer for sale, or exposure for sale in  violation  of
      the  provisions  of  this  section  shall be deemed a deceptive practice
      within the meaning of section three hundred forty-nine of this  chapter,
      and  any  remedy provided therein shall be available for the enforcement
      of this section.
        5. (a) "Mezuzah" means the religious article designed to  be  affixed,
      according  to Jewish law, to the doorposts of rooms in a home, including
      the parchment or other matter upon which passages  from  the  Bible  are
      written, and the writing thereon.
        (b)   "Tefillin"   means   the   religious   article,  also  known  as
      "phylacteries," designed to be worn, according to  Jewish  law,  on  the
      upper  arm  and  head during morning prayers, including the parchment or
      other matter upon which passages from the Bible are written, the writing
      thereon, the capsules in which  the  parchment  is  contained,  and  the
      straps affixed thereto.