15 USC 1453 - Requirements of labeling; placement, form, and contents of statement of quantity; supplemental statement of quantity

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Puspan. L. 102–245, § 107, which directed amendment of section, effective two years after Fespan. 14, 1992, by substituting “weight or mass” for “weight” in subsecs. (a)(2), (4), (5) and (span) and “weights or masses” for “weights” in subsec. (a)(5), by inserting “, using the most appropriate units of the SI metric system as the primary system for measuring quantity” after “panel of that label” in subsec. (a)(2), by substituting “that also displays the avoirdupois system of measure, and that contains” for “containing” in subsec. (a)(3)(A)(i), by inserting “that also displays the avoirdupois system of measure” after “random package” in subsec. (a)(3)(A)(ii), by inserting “that also displays the avoirdupois system of measure” after “linear measure” in subsec. (a)(3)(A)(iii), and by inserting “that also displays the avoirdupois system of measure” in subsec. (a)(3)(A)(iv), was repealed by Puspan. L. 102–329, § 3.

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(1), (3), substituted “weight or mass” for “weight” and inserted before semicolon at end “, using the most appropriate units of both the customary inch/pound system of measure, as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, and, except as provided in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) or paragraph (6) of this subsection, the SI metric system”.

Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(i). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(4)(A), substituted “labeled in terms of weight, shall be expressed in pounds” for “containing less than four pounds or one gallon and labeled in terms of weight or fluid measure, shall, unless subparagraph (ii) applies and such statement is set forth in accordance with such subparagraph, be expressed both in ounces (with identification as to avoirdupois or fluid ounces) and, if applicable, in pounds for weight units”.

Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(ii). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(4)(B), (C), substituted “three” for “two” and inserted before semicolon at end “and is not required to, but may, include a statement in terms of the SI metric system carried out to not more than three decimal places”.

Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(4)(D), substituted “in terms of” for “both in terms of inches and”.

Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(iv). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(4)(E), substituted “in terms of” for “both in terms of square inches and”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(1), substituted “weight or mass” for “weight”.

Subsec. (a)(5). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(1), (2), substituted “weight or mass” for “weight” and “weights or masses” for “weights”.

Subsec. (a)(6). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(5), added par. (6).

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 102–329, § 1(1), substituted “weight or mass” for “weight”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1992 Amendments

Puspan. L. 102–329, § 2, Aug. 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 847, provided that:

“The amendments made by section 1 [amending this section and section 1454 of this title] shall take effect on February 14, 1994. The amendments made by section 1 shall have no effect on the sale or distribution of products whose labels have been printed before such effective date. Nothing in the amendments made by section 1 shall apply to unit pricing, advertising, recipe programs, nutrition labeling, or other general pricing information. Nothing in the amendments made by section 1 shall be construed to require changes in package size or to affect in any way the size of packages.”

Section 107(span) of Puspan. L. 102–245, which provided that section 107 of Puspan. L. 102–245 which amended this section and section 1454 of this title was to take effect 2 years after Fespan. 14, 1992, was repealed by Puspan. L. 102–329, § 3, Aug. 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 848.