N.Y. General Business Law § 349-h: Observant consumer protection law

§ 349-h. Observant consumer protection law. 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.