California Codes, Business and Professions Code, Division 5 — Weights and Measures, Chapter 6 — Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

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Section 12601Establishes legislative policy rather than an operative compliance rule: the chapter is intended to protect commodity purchasers from deception or misrepresentation, ensure…Section 12602Prohibits commodity packagers, labelers, and covered distributors from distributing a packaged or labeled commodity that violates the specified packaging and labeling laws…Section 12603Prohibits covered distribution of a packaged commodity unless it follows secretary labeling regulations requiring commodity identity, manufacturer, packer, or distributor information, and…Section 12605Prohibits covered persons from distributing packaged commodities when qualifying words or phrases accompany the required net-quantity statement, while allowing nondeceptive supplemental quantity…Section 12606Prohibits commodity containers with deceptive construction or misleading nonfunctional slack fill. Empty space is permitted for protection, machinery, settling, labeling, reusable or…Section 12606.2Prohibits covered food containers from being misleading through nonfunctional slack fill and makes the general container rule inapplicable to them. Empty space…Section 12607Requires a sealer, when a packaged commodity is offered, exposed, or sold without the required net-quantity statement, to issue a written order…Section 12609Requires the secretary to adopt regulations implementing the division and testing packages for net-quantity accuracy, generally incorporating current National Institute of Standards…Section 12610Allows the secretary to adopt regulations similar to federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act regulations establishing supplemental package-size characterizations and requiring nonfood…Section 12611Prohibits packing, shipping, or selling a commodity in a container that fails the chapter’s specifications, required marking or labeling, or required conspicuous…Section 12612Exempts sales of packaged commodities from chapter violations when both container and contents comply with applicable federal weight, measure, or count requirements.…Section 12613Sets any chapter provision that is less stringent than, or requires information different from, a requirement of the federal Fair Packaging and…Section 12615.5Sets misdemeanor punishment for violating any provision of the chapter other than the specified exception. The offense is punishable by a fine…

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