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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12610

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

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The director may promulgate regulations similar to those promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (P.L. 89-755; 80 Stat. 1296; 15U.S.C. 1451-1461) effective to—

1. Establish and define standards for characterization of the size of a package enclosing any commodity, which may be used to supplement the label statement of net quantity of contents of packages containing such commodity, but this paragraph shall not be construed as authorizing any limitation on the size, shape, weight, dimensions, or number of packages which may be used to enclose any commodity;

2. Require that the label on each package of a commodity (other than one which is a food within the meaning of Section 201(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) bear the common or usual name of such consumer commodity, if any.

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