General

(A) When any article of bedding or upholstered furniture or related products or filling materials has been exposed to any fire, water, flood or exposed or subjected to any contamination in any way, the owner or his agent shall within 24 hours notify the Department of Public Health. No article or filling material described as above shall be sold, nor shall the contents thereof be altered or removed in whole or in part, nor shall the articles or contents thereof or material be removed or permitted to be removed from the premises, until such articles or materials are released by the Department. The Department shall release such articles or materials which in its opinion are fit for use. (B) No container, overwrap, trade label or the like used in conjunction with any article of bedding or upholstered furniture shall bear any statement which is contradictory with the statement on the label. (C) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this law, persons manufacturing, shipping, selling, remaking or repairing, or storing or having in possession with intent to sell an article of bedding or upholstered furniture or related products or filling materials shall upon the request of the Department or inspector permit said Director or inspector at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement of any such articles or holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof. (D) All articles of bedding and upholstered furniture shall be marked on the label or container with the date of receipt. (E) Any person who receives an article of bedding and/or upholstered furniture from a private or public hospital, jail or other institution, or an article which has been used by any person suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, for the purpose of remaking or repairing, shall notify the Department immediately upon receipt of such article. (F) All articles of upholstered furniture or bedding which do not bear a label as required by M.G.L. c. 94, § 272 and 105 CMR 620.000, and whose contents are unknown shall be labeled with a red tag bearing the statement, "Contents Unknown, Secondhand Material". (G) All articles of upholstered furniture or bedding, salvaged to the satisfaction of the Department from damage resulting from water, fire or flood, shall have affixed thereto a label with the word "Salvage" stamped thereon. The word "Salvage" may be stamped on the law label.