2016 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 39 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Program
Sec. 1452 - Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 1452 (2016)
Section Name §1452. Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition
Section Text (a) Nonconforming labels

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) Exemptions

The prohibition contained in subsection (a) 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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–755, §3, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 80 Stat. 1296
Public Law References Public Law 89-755
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