2011 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 39 - FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM (§§ 1451 - 1461)
Section 1452 - Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 39 - FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM Sec. 1452 - Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition |
| Contains | section 1452 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-755, §3, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 80 Stat. 1296 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 89-755 |
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It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the packaging or labeling of any consumer commodity (as defined in this chapter) for distribution in commerce, or for any person (other than a common carrier for hire, a contract carrier for hire, or a freight forwarder for hire) engaged in the distribution in commerce of any packaged or labeled consumer commodity, to distribute or to cause to be distributed in commerce any such commodity if such commodity is contained in a package, or if there is affixed to that commodity a label, which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter and of regulations promulgated under the authority of this chapter.
(b) ExemptionsThe prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to persons engaged in business as wholesale or retail distributors of consumer commodities except to the extent that such persons (1) are engaged in the packaging or labeling of such commodities, or (2) prescribe or specify by any means the manner in which such commodities are packaged or labeled.
(Pub. L. 89–755, §3, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296.)
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