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Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — (a)
principal display surface means, (a) in the case of a container that has a side or surface that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, the total area of such side or surface excluding the top, if any, (b) in the case of a container that has a lid that is the part of the container displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, the total area of the top surface of the lid, (c) in the case of a container that does not have a particular side or surface that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, any 40 per cent of the total surface area of the container, excluding the top and bottom, if any, if such 40 per cent can be displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, (d) in the case of a container that is a bag with sides of equal dimensions, the total area of one of the sides, (e) in the case of a container that is a bag with sides of more than one size, the total area of one of the largest sides, (f) in the case of a container that is a wrapper or confining band that is so narrow in relation to the size of the product contained that it cannot reasonably be said to have any side or surface that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, the total area of one side of a ticket or tag attached to such container, and (g) despite paragraphs (a) to (f) of this definition, in the case of a container of wine in which the wine is displayed for sale to consumers, any part of the surface of the container, excluding its top and bottom, that can be seen without having to turn the container. ( principale surface exposée )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — (a)
principal display panel means, (a) in the case of a container that is mounted on a display card, that part of the label applied to all or part of the principal display surface of the container or to all or part of the side of the display card that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use or to both such parts of the container and the display card, (b) in the case of an ornamental container, that part of the label applied to all or part of the bottom of the container or to all or part of the principal display surface or to all or part of a tag that is attached to the container, and (c) in the case of all other containers, that part of the label applied to all or part of the principal display surface. ( espace principal )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 3
3 (1) Prepackaged products that are produced or manufactured for commercial or industrial enterprises or institutions for use by such enterprises or institutions without being sold by them as prepackaged products to other consumers are exempt from all the provisions of the Act. (2) Prepackaged products that are produced or manufactured only for export or for sale to a duty-free store, are exempt from all the provisions of the Act. (3) Prepackaged products consisting of consumer textile articles that are subject to section 3 of the Textile Labelling Act are exempt from all the provisions of the Act. (4) Prepackaged products consisting of replacement parts for vehicles, appliances or other durable consumer goods are exempt from all the provisions of the Act unless they are intended to be displayed for sale to a consumer or are displayed for sale to a consumer. (5) Prepackaged products consisting of materials that are produced or manufactured for use by artists, namely, (a) colours for painting, dyeing or printing, (b) ceramic and enamelling colours and glazes, and (c) surfaces and tools, are exempt from all the provisions of the Act.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 4
4 Prepackaged products that are subject to regulations respecting packaging, labelling and marking under the Feeds Act , Fertilizers Act , Seeds Act or Pest Control Products Act are exempt from sections 4, 5, 6 and 10 of the Act. SOR/2018-108, s. 380
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 5
5 (1) A prepackaged product that (a) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 381] (b) is usually sold to a consumer by numerical count, (c) is packaged in such a manner that the product contents are visible and identifiable, and (d) has a label applied to it in accordance with sections 7 to 11 that shows the information referred to in subparagraph 10(b)(i) of the Act in the form and manner prescribed by these Regulations, is exempt from subparagraph 10(b)(ii) of the Act. (2) A prepackaged product that (a) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 381] (b) is usually sold to a consumer by numerical count, (c) is packaged in such a manner that the product contents are visible and identifiable, (d) consists of less than seven articles or consists of less than 13 articles and the actual number of those articles can be readily ascertained by an examination of the product without opening it, and (e) has a label applied to it in accordance with sections 7 to 11 that shows the information referred to in subparagraph 10(b)(i) of the Act in the form and manner prescribed by these Regulations, is exempt from section 4 of the Act. (3) A prepackaged product that (a) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 381] (b) consists of a single article or consists of more than one article where the articles are packaged as a set, (c) is usually sold to a consumer by numerical count, (d) has on the principal display panel a pictorial representation which adequately indicates the identity and quantity of the product contents, and (e) has a label applied to it in accordance with sections 7 to 11 that shows the information referred to in subparagraph 10(b)(i) of the Act in the form and manner prescribed by these Regulations, is exempt from section 4 and subparagraph 10(b)(ii) of the Act. SOR/2018-108, s. 381
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 6
months after the date on which it was first offered for sale as a test market product but any test market product that was acquired for resale by a dealer, other than the dealer who filed the notice of intention referred to in subsection (5), before the expiration of those 12 cumulative months, shall continue to be a test market product for the purposes of subsection (3) and paragraph 36(3)(a) until it is sold to a consumer. (7) A specialty product is exempt from subsection (2) if the information required by the Act and these Regulations to be shown on the label of a prepackaged product is shown in one of the official languages. (8) Where there are one or more surfaces on the label of a prepackaged product that are of at least the same size and prominence as the principal display panel, the information required by the Act and these Regulations to be shown on the principal display panel may be shown in one official language if such information is shown in the other official language on one of those other surfaces. (9) A prepackaged product that is within one of the following classes of prepackaged products is exempt from subsection (2) if the information required by the Act and these Regulations to be shown on the label of a prepackaged product is shown in the language that is appropriate to the product: (a) greeting cards; (b) books; (c) talking toys; (d) games in which a knowledge of the language used is a basic factor essential to the use of the game. SOR/2018-108, s. 382
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local government unit means a city, metropolitan government area, town, village, municipality or other area of local government but does not include any local government unit situated within a bilingual district established under the Official Languages Act ; ( collectivité locale )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — (a)
local product means a prepackaged product that is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged in a local government unit and sold only in (a) the local government unit in which it is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged, (b) one or more local government units that are immediately adjacent to the one in which it is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged, or (c) the local government unit in which it is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged and in one or more local government units that are immediately adjacent to the one in which it is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged; ( produit local )
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mother tongue means the language first learned in childhood by persons in any area of Canada and still understood by them as ascertained by the decennial census taken immediately preceding the date on which the prepackaged product referred to in subsection (3) is sold to the consumer; ( langue maternelle )
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official languages means the English language and the French language; ( langues officielles )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — (a)
specialty product means a prepackaged product that is an imported product (a) that is not widely used by the population as a whole in Canada; and (b) for which there is no readily available substitute that is manufactured, processed, produced or packaged in Canada and that is generally accepted as being a comparable substitute; ( produit spécial )
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test market product means a prepackaged product that, prior to the date of the notice of intention respecting that product referred to in subsection (5), was not sold in Canada in that form and that differs substantially from any other product sold in Canada with respect to its composition, function, state or packaging form. ( produit d’essai )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 7
7 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the label of a prepackaged product shall be applied to the container in which the product is displayed for sale to the consumer. (2) Where the container of a prepackaged product is mounted on a display card, the label may be applied to the side of the display card that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 8
8 Where the container of a prepackaged product is a wrapper or confining band referred to in paragraph (f) of the definition principal display surface in subsection 2(1), the label shall be a ticket or tag and shall be attached to the wrapper or confining band.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 9
9 Subject to subsection 7(2) and section 10, all or part of the label of a prepackaged product shall be applied to the principal display surface of the container of that product.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 10
10 Where the container of a prepackaged product is an ornamental container, all of the label of the prepackaged product may be applied to the bottom of the container or to a tag that is attached to the container.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 11
11 The label of a prepackaged product shall be applied in such a manner that the prepackaged product will bear the label at the time it is sold to the consumer.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 12
12 The following information shall be shown on the principal display panel: (a) the net quantity of the prepackaged product; (b) the identity of the prepackaged product in terms of its common or generic name or in terms of its function; and (c) such other information required by the Act or these Regulations to be shown on the principal display panel.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 13
13 Subject to section 10, the identity and principal place of business of the person by or for whom a prepackaged product was manufactured or produced for resale shall be shown on any part of the label except that part of the label, if any, applied to the bottom of a container.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 14
14 (1) For the purposes of this section and sections 15 and 16, the height of a letter means the height of an upper case letter where words appear in upper case and the height of the lower case letter “o” when words appear in lower case or in a mixture of upper and lower case. (2) The numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity shall be shown in bold face type in letters of not less than the following height: (a) 1/16 inch (1.6 millimetres), where the principal display surface of the container is not more than five square inches (32 square centimetres); (b) 1/8 inch (3.2 millimetres), where the principal display surface of the container is more than five square inches (32 square centimetres) but not more than 40 square inches (258 square centimetres); (c) 1/4 inch (6.4 millimetres), where the principal display surface of the container is more than 40 square inches (258 square centimetres) but not more than 100 square inches (645 square centimetres); (d) 3/8 inch (9.5 millimetres), where the principal display surface of the container is more than 100 square inches (645 square centimetres) but not more than 400 square inches (25.8 square decimetres); and (e) 1/2 inch (12.7 millimetres), where the principal display surface of the container is more than 400 square inches (25.8 square decimetres). (3) Where a container is mounted on a display card, the declaration of net quantity may be shown on the principal display panel of the label applied to the container or on the principal display panel of the label applied to the display card but the height of the letters in the numerical quantity of the declaration of net quantity shall, for the purpose of subsection (2), be proportionate to the total area of the side of the display card that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use and not to the principal display surface of the container. (4) All information in the declaration of net quantity other than the information referred to in subsection (2), shall be shown in letters of not less than 1/16 inch (1.6 millimetres) in height. (5) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 383] SOR/2014-8, s. 2 SOR/2018-108, s. 383
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 15
15 Information that is required by the Act and these Regulations to be shown on a label, other than in the declaration of net quantity, shall be shown in a manner easily legible to the consumer under normal or customary conditions of sale or use and shall be in letters of not less than 1/16 inch (1.6 millimetres) in height.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 16
16 Notwithstanding section 15, where the area of the principal display surface of a container is 1.55 square inches (10 square centimetres) or less, and where all the information that is required by the Act or these Regulations to be shown on a label is shown on the principal display panel, such information, other than the information in the declaration of net quantity, may be in letters of not less than 1/32 inch (0.8 millimetre) in height.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 17
17 Where the declaration of net quantity is in terms of metric and Canadian units, those units shall be grouped together, except that any symbol that is required to be shown pursuant to the Hazardous Products Act or any regulations made under that Act may be shown between and immediately adjacent to those units.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 19
19 (1) For the purposes of this section, area means an area within the meaning of subsection 337(1) of the Weights and Measures Regulations ; ( région ) floor covering means floor covering within the meaning of section 342 of the Weights and Measures Regulations ; ( couvre-plancher ) individually measured commodity [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 385] (2) Prepackaged products that are packaged from bulk on a retail premises, other than wallpaper or floor covering, are exempt from paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Act and from section 14 of these Regulations, if the net quantity of the product is clearly shown on the principal display panel of its label in terms of a Canadian unit. (3) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 385] (4) [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 385] SOR/78-789, s. 1; SOR/80-840, s. 1; SOR/82-411, s. 2 SOR/2018-108, s. 385
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area means an area within the meaning of subsection 337(1) of the Weights and Measures Regulations ; ( région )
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations
floor covering means floor covering within the meaning of section 342 of the Weights and Measures Regulations ; ( couvre-plancher )
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individually measured commodity [Repealed, SOR/2018-108, s. 385]
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 21
21 Subject to sections 22, 23 and 36, the declaration of net quantity of a prepackaged product shall show the quantity of the product (a) by volume, when the product is a liquid or gas or is viscous, or (b) by weight, when the product is solid, unless it is the established trade practice to show the net quantity of the product in some other manner, in which case the declaration shall be in accordance with the established trade practice. SOR/78-171, s. 1
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 22
22 The declaration of net quantity of a prepackaged product that is packed for dispensing in aerosol form shall show the net quantity of the product by weight. SOR/78-171, ss. 2, 3; SOR/78-789, ss. 3, 4; SOR/81-580, s. 1 SOR/2018-108, s. 386
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 23
23 (1) The declaration of net quantity of non-perforated rolls, sheets or other units of wrapping paper, plastic foil, aluminum foil, waxed paper, wall paper, adhesive tape or other non-perforated bidimensional products shall show the net quantity of the product by (a) the number of rolls, sheets or other units in the package, if there is more than one; (b) the length and width of each roll, sheet or other unit; and (c) the area measurement of the roll or the total area measurement of all sheets or other units if each roll, sheet or other unit is more than four inches (10.2 centimetres) in width and more than one square foot (9.29 square decimetres) in area. (2) The declaration of net quantity of rolls, sheets or other units of bathroom tissue, facial tissue, paper towels, paper napkins and other bidimensional products that have one or more plys and are sold in separate or perforated individual units shall show the net quantity of the product by (a) the number of rolls, sheets or other units in the package, if there is more than one; (b) the length and width of each separate or perforated individual unit; (c) the number of plys of each separate or perforated individual unit unless the product is one of a class of products that is made only in a single ply; and (d) in the case of roll products, the number of perforated individual units in the roll. (3) Where the package contains different bidimensional products, the net quantity of each such product shall be shown as required by this section.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 24
24 The declaration of net quantity in Canadian units for a measurement of volume less than one gallon shall be shown in fluid ounces, except that 20 fluid ounces may be shown as being one pint, 40 fluid ounces as being one quart, 60 fluid ounces as being three pints, 80 fluid ounces as being two quarts or 1/2 gallon and 120 fluid ounces as being three quarts.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 25
25 The declaration of net quantity in metric units shall be shown in the decimal system to three figures, except that where the net quantity is below 100 grams, millilitres, cubic centimetres, square centimetres or centimetres, it may be shown to two figures and, in either case, any final zero appearing to the right of the decimal point need not be shown.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 26
26 Where a net quantity less than a whole number is shown in the declaration of net quantity of a prepackaged product in a metric unit, it shall be shown (a) in the decimal system with the numeral zero preceding the decimal point; or (b) in words.
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 27
27 Subject to section 27.1, where the declaration of net quantity of a prepackaged product is shown in metric units, the metric units shall be in (a) millilitres, where the net volume of the product is less than 1 000 millilitres, except that 500 millilitres may be shown as being 0.5 litre; (b) litres, where the net volume is 1 000 millilitres or more; (c) grams, where the net weight is less than 1 000 grams, except that 500 grams may be shown as being 0.5 kilogram; (d) kilograms, where the net weight is 1 000 grams or more; (e) centimetres or millimetres, where the length is less than 100 centimetres; (f) metres, where the length is 100 centimetres or more; (g) square centimetres, where the area is less than 100 square centimetres; (h) square decimetres, where the area is 100 square centimetres or more, but less than 100 square decimetres; (i) square metres, where the area is one square metre or more; (j) cubic centimetres, where the cubic measurement is less than 1 000 cubic centimetres; (k) cubic decimetres, where the cubic measurement is one cubic decimetre or more but less than 1 000 cubic decimetres; and (l) cubic metres, where the cubic measurement is one cubic metre or more. SOR/80-840, s. 2
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 27.1
27.1 Notwithstanding paragraph 27(c), where the net weight of (a) a prepackaged product that is packaged from bulk on a retail premises, or (b) a prepackaged catch weight product that is sold by a retailer is less than 1 000 grams and the declaration of net quantity is shown in terms of metric units of weight, the metric units may be shown in terms of grams or a decimal fraction of a kilogram. SOR/80-840, s. 3
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 28
28 (1) Where a prepackaged product is sold as one unit but consists of two or more products that are packaged separately and labelled with the information required to be shown on prepackaged products, the declaration of net quantity shall show (a) the number of products in each class and the identity of each class in terms of common, generic or functional name; (b) the total net quantity of products in each class in the unit or the individual net quantity of each identical product in the class in the unit; and (c) if a class of product in the unit contains only one product, the net quantity of that product. (2) Despite subsection (1), if a prepackaged product referred to in that subsection consists of less than seven identical products that are packaged separately and those products are labelled to show all of the information required by the Act and these Regulations and that information is clearly visible at the time of sale, no information is required to be shown on the prepackaged product being sold as one unit and the prepackaged product is exempt from sections 4 and 10 of the Act. SOR/2018-108, s. 387
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations — 29
29 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where the declaration of net quantity of a prepackaged product is in terms of metric and Canadian units, an advertisement for such product may show its net quantity in terms of either a metric or a Canadian unit of measurement. (2) During the year 1980, Canadian units of measurement shall not be used in any advertisement within retail premises for a wallpaper or any “floor covering” within the meaning of section 342 of the Weights and Measures Regulations unless the equivalent metric units of measurement are shown in a manner at least as prominent as the Canadian units. (3) After December 31, 1980, Canadian units of measurement shall not be used in any advertisement for a wallpaper or any “floor covering” within the meaning of section 342 of the Weights and Measures Regulations . SOR/80-840, s. 4