Sterilization and disinfection of materials — Required.

No person shall employ or use in the making or renovating of any mattress, pillow, bolster, featherbed or comfortable: (1) Any material known as “shoddy” or any fabric or material from which shoddy is constructed; (2) Any secondhand material; (3) Any new or secondhand feathers, unless such shoddy, secondhand material or new or secondhand feathers have been sterilized and disinfected by a reasonable process approved by the Department of Health and Social Services.