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CA Bus & Prof Code § 12602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12602.

12602.  (a) It is unlawful for any person engaged in the packaging or labeling of any commodity for distribution or sale, 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 of any packaged or labeled commodity, to distribute or to cause to be distributed any such commodity if the 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 or the regulations adopted under the authority of this chapter or the provisions of, or the regulations adopted under, Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 13400) or Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 13700).(b) The prohibition contained in subdivision (a) does not apply to persons engaged in business as wholesale or retail distributors of commodities, except to the extent that those persons (1) are engaged in the packaging or labeling of such commodities, (2) prescribe or specify by any means the manner in which such commodities are packaged or labeled, or (3) have knowledge of the violation of any provision of this chapter or of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 12665), Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 13400), or Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 13700).(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 59. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12603.

12603.  No person subject to the prohibition in Section 12602 shall distribute any packaged commodity unless it is in conformity with regulations that shall be established by the secretary that shall provide:(a) The commodity shall bear a label specifying the identity of the commodity and the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor.(b) The net quantity of contents (in terms of weight or mass, measure, numerical count, or time) shall be separately and accurately stated in a uniform location upon the principal display panel of that label, using the most appropriate units of both the customary inch-pound system of measure, and except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the SI (Systeme International d’Unites) metric system.(c) On a random package labeled in terms of pounds and decimal fractions of the pound, the statement may be carried out to not more than three decimal places 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.(d) The requirements of subdivision (b) concerning labeling using the metric system do not apply to nonconsumer packages, foods that are packaged at the retail store level, or to the sale or distribution of products whose labels have been printed prior to February 14, 1994.(e) This section shall become operative on February 14, 1994.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 60. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12605.

12605.  No person subject to the prohibition contained in Section 12602 shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged commodity if any qualifying words or phrases appear in conjunction with the separate statement of the net quantity of contents required by Section 12603(b), but nothing in this chapter shall prohibit supplemental statements, at other places on the package, describing in nondeceptive terms the net quantity of contents: provided, that such supplemental statements of net quantity of contents shall not include any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count that tends to exaggerate the amount of the commodity contained in the package.In no case shall any declaration of quantity be qualified by the addition of the words “minimum,” or “when packed,” or words of similar import; nor shall any unit of weight, measure or count be qualified by any term (such as jumbo, giant, full, or the like) that tends to exaggerate the amount of the commodity in the package.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1309.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12607.

12607.  Whenever a packaged commodity is offered for sale, exposed for sale or sold without a statement of net quantity appearing thereon as required by this chapter, the sealer shall in writing order the commodity off sale and require that a correct statement of net quantity be placed on the commodity before the same may be released by the sealer.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 239.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12609.

12609.  The secretary shall adopt necessary regulations to carry out the purpose of this division and for the testing of packages to verify the net quantity statements. In adopting these regulations, the secretary shall adopt by reference the packaging and labeling requirements recommended by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the current edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations, except insofar as those requirements are specifically modified, amended, or rejected by regulation by the secretary. The regulations shall include exemptions from full compliance with this chapter for good and sufficient reasons. Any exemptions affecting consumer commodities shall be in conformance with exemptions permitted by federal regulations. Any regulation, or amendment thereof, shall be adopted by the secretary in conformity with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 41. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12610.

12610.  The secretary may promulgate regulations similar to those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (Public Law 89-755; 80 Stat. 1296; 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1451-1461) effective to do the following:(a) Establish and define standards for characterization of the size of a package enclosing any commodity, that may be used to supplement the label statement of net quantity of contents of packages containing such commodity, but this subdivision 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.(b) Require that the label on each package of a commodity (other than one that 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 the consumer commodity, if any.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 42. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12611.

12611.  It is unlawful to pack, ship, or sell any commodity in a container which does not conform to all the specifications of this chapter; or which is not conspicuously marked, branded, or otherwise labeled as required by this chapter; or on which any word, statement or other information required by this chapter is not prominently placed, in such terms and with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices on the label or container, as to render it likely to be read and understood by ordinary persons under customary conditions of purchase and use.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1309.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12612.

12612.  The sale of any commodity packaged in a container, wherein both the container and the contents thereof comply with any act of Congress or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, appertaining to weight, measure or count, does not violate the provisions of this chapter; nor does the sale of malt beverages in containers complying with a rule, regulation or an approval of the United States Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service or Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or of the State Department of Public Health and pertaining to weight, measure or count constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1033.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12613.

12613.  If any provision of this chapter is less stringent or requires information different from any requirement of Section 4 of the act of Congress entitled “Fair Packaging and Labeling Act” (P.L. 89-755; 80 Stat. 1296; 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461) or of any regulation promulgated pursuant to that act, the provision is inoperative to the extent that it is less stringent or requires information different from the federal requirement, in which event the federal requirement is a part of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 35.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12615.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act|Section 12615.5.

12615.5.  The violation of any provision of this chapter, except the provisions of Section 12604.5, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1185.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Unit Pricing|Section 12655.

12655.  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the unit pricing of all canned, bottled, and packaged foods, packaged produce, and bakery goods; paper, plastic, wood, and metal products packaged in counts greater than 10; rolled paper, plastic, and metal products; canned, bottled, and packaged domestic, laundry and household cleansing, finishing, waxing, and polishing products; drug and first aid products canned, packaged, or bottled in counts greater than 10; and frozen fruits and vegetables, offered by merchants in their places of business for sale at retail to the public. The Legislature finds that unit pricing, the price per ounce, per pound, per gallon, or the metric equivalent thereof, or per 100 square feet, or per 100 count, for which those items are offered for sale at retail, effectively informs the consumer of the comparative prices and values of commodities, and is thus useful for the formulation of intelligent consumer choices. Reconstituted fluid ounce is the preferred unit of measure for unit pricing of powdered and concentrated infant formula.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1157, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Unit Pricing|Section 12656.

12656.  The department, in cooperation with the retail food industry, shall adopt a standardized format for unit pricing that shall be available to a retailer upon request. The format shall include, but not be limited to, an identification of the item, including the brand name, the total price of the item, the volume, weight, or number of units of which the item is composed, and the price per unit. For infant formula, unit price information may be expressed based on the reconstituted volume.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1157, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12700.

12700.  A weighmaster is any person who, for hire or otherwise, weighs, measures, or counts any commodity and issues a statement or memorandum of the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for service.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12700.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12700.5.

12700.5.  (a) A weighmaster is not required to provide weighing services to the general public.(b) Weighing for hire is at the discretion of the weighmaster.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12702.

12702.  “Weighmaster,” when used without qualification, includes a deputy weighmaster.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12703.

12703.  Except as provided in Section 12701, no person shall perform any acts described in Section 12700, unless licensed as a weighmaster pursuant to this chapter and unless the current license fee and any penalty has been paid. The weighmaster shall forward to the department the name or names of deputy weighmasters with the appropriate fees required by Section 12704.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12704.

12704.  (a) A weighmaster shall pay to the department the following license fee for each license year as applicable to the operation:(1) Seventy-five dollars ($75) if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location.(2) Thirty dollars ($30) for each additional fixed location at which the weighmaster is operating.(3) Two hundred dollars ($200) if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.(4) Twenty dollars ($20) for each deputy weighmaster.(b) In addition to the license fees set forth in subdivision (a), a weighmaster who is a recycler or a junk dealer as defined in Section 21601 or is performing services on behalf of a recycler or junk dealer shall also pay to the department the following license fee for each license year as applicable to the operation:(1) Five hundred dollars ($500) if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location.(2) Five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional fixed location at which the weighmaster is operating.(3) Five hundred dollars ($500) if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.(c) “License year” means the period of time beginning with the first day of the month the weighmaster is required to be licensed in this state, and ending on the date designated by the secretary for expiration of the license, or yearly intervals after the first renewal.(d) “Location” means a premise on which weighing, measuring, or counting devices are used.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 518, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (AB 2676) Effective January 1, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12704.

12704.  (a) A weighmaster shall pay to the department the following license fee for each license year as applicable to the operation:(1) Seventy-five dollars ($75) if the weighmaster is operating at a fixed location.(2) Thirty dollars ($30) for each additional fixed location at which the weighmaster is operating.(3) Two hundred dollars ($200) if the weighmaster is operating at other than a fixed location.(4) Twenty dollars ($20) for each deputy weighmaster.(b) “License year” means the period of time beginning with the first day of the month the weighmaster is required to be licensed in this state, and ending on the date designated by the secretary for expiration of the license, or yearly intervals after the first renewal.(c) “Location” means a premise on which weighing, measuring, or counting devices are used.(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.(Amended (as added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 518, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392, Sec. 3. (AB 2676) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12705.

12705.  Any change in the legal entity of a licensed weighmaster requires the new legal entity to obtain a weighmaster license before operating as a weighmaster.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12706.

12706.  (a) The secretary may assign or reassign dates for the expiration of licenses for any weighmaster.(b) The secretary may establish a license year for any weighmaster consisting of any period from one month to 11 months, inclusive, with subsequent renewals being required at yearly intervals thereafter.(c) Whenever the license year is less than 12 months by reason of the assignment or reassignment of the expiration date by the secretary, the license fee as designated in Section 12704 shall be decreased by one-twelfth of the annual fee for each month of the period less than 12 months.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 43. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12707.

12707.  Each license required by this chapter shall be renewed annually, on or before the first day of the first month of the licensee’s license year, by application to the secretary, accompanied by the annual license fee. An application and annual license fee sent by mail is not overdue if postmarked not later than the fifth day of the month in which it is due. To any fee not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty equal to 30 percent of the amount of the license fee, if it is paid within 30 days of becoming due. The penalty for a renewal fee more than 30 days after becoming due shall be 100 percent of the amount of the license fee. However, no penalty shall be applicable to the renewal of deputy weighmaster licenses.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 573, Sec. 62. (SB 800) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12708.

12708.  The secretary may refuse to grant any license provided for by this chapter, or may refuse to renew any license, and may revoke or suspend any license when, after a hearing conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the secretary is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is not qualified to capably or reliably perform the duties of a weighmaster or has otherwise been found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 661, Sec. 44. (SB 1576) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12709.

12709.  (a) All license fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be expended by the department for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (b).(b) License fees collected pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12704 shall be deposited in a special account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be expended by the department for the administration and enforcement of Section 12703.1.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 518, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392, Sec. 4. (AB 2676) Effective January 1, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12709.

12709.  (a) All license fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be expended by the department for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.(Amended (as added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 518, Sec. 6) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 392, Sec. 5. (AB 2676) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12710.

12710.  A weighmaster may employ or designate any person to act for the weighmaster as a deputy weighmaster and shall be responsible for all acts performed by that person.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12710.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12710.5.

12710.5.  (a) At any time during the license year, any weighmaster may replace deputies without payment of additional fees by forwarding to the department the name of any replacement deputy and replaced deputy.(b) Any weighmaster who does not furnish to the department a deputy name as required by this section is guilty of an infraction, and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).(c) A weighmaster may increase the original number of deputies by submitting a new application accompanied by appropriate fees, for the additional number of deputy licenses requested, which shall expire on the date stated on the weighmaster license.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 818, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 12711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 5 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES|CHAPTER 7 - Weighmasters|Section 12711.

12711.  A weighmaster shall issue a weighmaster certificate whenever payment for the commodity or service represented is dependent on a written or printed weight, measure, or count.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 646, Sec. 4.)