§ 349-a. 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.