2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › PRODUCTS CONTROL AND SAFETY (§§ 25-5-101 — 25-5.5-312) › Article 5 - PRODUCTS CONTROL AND SAFETY (§§ 25-5-101 — 25-5-1506) › Part 4 - PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW (§§ 25-5-401 — 25-5-427) › Section 25-5-419 - Packaging and labeling of consumer commodities

(1)
All labels of consumer commodities, as defined in section
25-5-402 (4)
, shall conform with the requirements for the declaration of net quantity of contents of the federal "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act" (
15 U.S.C. sec. 1453
) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; but consumer commodities exempted from such requirements of the federal "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act" (
15 U.S.C. secs. 1451
-
1461
) shall also be exempt from this subsection (1).
(2)
The label of any package of a consumer commodity which bears a representation as to the number of servings of such commodity contained in such package shall bear a statement of the net quantity (in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count) of each such serving.
(3)
No person shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged consumer commodity if any qualifying words or phrases appear in conjunction with the separate statement of the net quantity of contents required by subsection (1) of this section, but nothing in this subsection (3) shall prohibit supplemental statements, at other places on the package, describing in nondeceptive terms the net quantity of contents; but 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.
(4)
(a)
Whenever the department determines that regulations containing prohibitions or requirements other than those prescribed by subsection (1) of this section are necessary to prevent the deception of consumers or to facilitate value comparisons as to any consumer commodity, the department shall promulgate with respect to that commodity regulations effective to:
(I)
Establish and define standards for the characterization of the size of a package enclosing any consumer commodity, which may be used to supplement the label statement of net quantity of contents of packages containing such consumer commodity, but this subparagraph (I) 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 consumer commodity;
(II)
Regulate the placement upon any package containing any consumer commodity, or upon any label affixed to such consumer commodity, of any printed matter stating or representing by implication that such consumer commodity is offered for retail sale at a price lower than the ordinary and customary retail sale price or that a retail sale price advantage is accorded to purchasers thereof by reason of the size of that package or the quantity of its contents;
(III)
Require that the label on each package of a consumer commodity bear the common or usual name of such consumer commodity, if any, and, in case such consumer commodity consists of two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient listed in order of decreasing predominance, and, with respect to any confectionery containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume, but within the limits prescribed by section
25-5-410 (1)(i)(II)
, a statement that the content of alcohol does not exceed six and twenty-five hundredths percent by volume or five percent by weight, and that the product is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age, but nothing in this subparagraph (III) shall be deemed to require that any trade secret be divulged; or
(IV)
Prevent the nonfunctional slack-fill of packages containing consumer commodities.
(b)
For the purposes of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), a package shall be deemed to be nonfunctionally slack-filled if it is filled to substantially less than its capacity for reasons other than protection of the contents of such package or the requirements of machines used for enclosing the contents in such package; except that the department may adopt any regulations promulgated pursuant to the federal "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act" (
15 U.S.C. secs. 1451
-
1461
) which shall have the force and effect of law in this state.
L. 70: p. 212, § 16. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-20-25. L. 89: (4)(a)(III) amended, p. 709, § 6, effective July 1.