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Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY IN GENERAL › PROMINENCE AND PLACEMENT › Section 23.21 - General

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Information required to appear on a consumer package
						shall appear thereon in the English language and shall be prominent, definite
						and plain and shall be conspicuous as to size and style of letters and numbers
						and as to color of letters and numbers in contrast to color of background.
						Required information that is either in hand lettering or hand script shall be
						entirely clear and equal to printing in legibility. Information required to
						appear on a consumer package that is either in print, hand lettering or hand
						script shall conform to the following provisions:
(1)
Location.
The
					 declaration of quantity of the contents of a package shall appear in the bottom
					 30% of the principal display panel, except as otherwise provided in §
											23.56 (relating to cylindrical
					 containers).
(2)
Style of
					 type or lettering.
The declaration or declarations of quantity shall
					 be in a style of type or lettering as to be boldly, clearly and conspicuously
					 presented with respect to other type, lettering or graphic material on the
					 package, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed or molded on a
					 glass or plastic surface is permissible when label information is blown, formed
					 or molded on the surface.
(3)
Color contrast.
The declaration of quantity shall be in a
					 color that contrasts conspicuously with its background, except that a
					 declaration of net quantity blown, formed or molded on a glass or plastic
					 surface may not be required to be presented in a contrasting color if no
					 required label information is on the surface in a contrasting color.
(4)
Free area.
The area
					 surrounding the quantity declaration shall be free of printed information in
					 the following amounts:
(i) Above and below, by
					 a space equal to at least the height of the lettering in the
					 declaration.
(ii) To the left and
					 right, by a space equal to twice the width of the letter "n" of the style and
					 size of type used in the declaration.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY IN GENERAL › PROMINENCE AND PLACEMENT › Section 23.22 - Area of principal display panel

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The area, in square inches, of the
					 principal display panel for purposes of type size shall be calculated as
					 follows:
(1) In the case of a rectangular
					 container, one entire side which properly can be considered to be the principal
					 display panel, the product of the height times the width of that
					 side.
(2) In the case of a
					 cylindrical or nearly cylindrical container, 40% of the product of the height
					 of the container times the circumference.
(3) In the case of a container other than
					 cylindrical, 40% of the total surface of the container, unless the container
					 presents an obvious principal display panel as, for example, the top of a
					 triangular or circular package of cheese, or the top of a can of shoe polish,
					 in which case the area shall consist of the entire such surface.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY IN GENERAL › PROMINENCE AND PLACEMENT › Section 23.23 - Type size in principal display panel

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Minimum height of numbers and
					 letters.
The height of a letter or number in the required quantity
					 declaration may not be less than that shown in the following Table I with
					 respect to the area of the panel in square inches, and the height of each
					 number of a common fraction shall meet 1/2 the minimum height standards:
TABLE I
Minimum Height of Numbers and
						Letters
Area of principal display panel (in square
								  inches)
Minimum height of numbers and letters (in
								  inches)
Minimum height of label information blown, formed, or molded on
								  surface of container (in inches)
Five and less
1/16
1/8
Greater than five but not greater than
								  25
1/8
3/16
Greater than 25 but not greater than
								  100
3/16
1/4
Greater than 100 but not greater than
								  400
1/4
5/16
Greater than 400
1/2
9/16
(b)
Numbers and
					 letters-proportion.
No number or letter may be more than three times
					 as high as it is wide.
This section cited in 70 Pa. Code §
													27.7 (relating to cigarettes and
						  small cigars); 70 Pa. Code §
													27.8 (relating to labeling
						  required by Federal law); and 70 Pa. Code §
													27.19 (relating to combination
						  packages).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.51 - Display card package

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
For an individual package affixed to a display card, or for
					 a commodity and display card together comprising a package, the type size of
					 the quantity declaration is governed by the dimensions of the display
					 card.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.52 - Aerosols and pressurized containers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The declaration of quantity on an aerosol package, and on a
					 similar pressurized package, shall disclose the net quantity of the commodity,
					 including propellant, in terms of weight, that will be expelled when the
					 instructions for use as shown on the container are followed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.53 - Multiunit package

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A multiunit
				  package shall state on the outside of the package a declaration containing the
				  following:
(1) The number of individual
				  units.
(2) The quantity of each
				  individual unit.
(3) The total
				  quantity of the contents of the multiunit package. However, the requirement for
				  a declaration of the total quantity of contents of a multiunit package shall be
				  effective either with respect to those labels revised after February 30, 1970,
				  or as of January 1, 1970. A declaration of total quantity may not be required
				  to include the parenthetical quantity statement of a dual quantity
				  representation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.54 - Combination package

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A package containing individual units of dissimilar
					 commodities, such as an antiquing kit, shall state on the label of the package
					 a quantity declaration for each unit.
The provisions of this §
												23.54 amended under the Weights
						and Measures Act of 1965 (73 P. S. §§
													1651-1692) (Transferred from
						76
						P. S. §§
													100-1-100-42 in
						1978).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.55 - Variety package

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A package containing individual units of similar
					 commodities, such as a seasonal gift package or variety package of cereal,
					 shall state on the label of the package a declaration of the total quantity of
					 commodity in the package.
The provisions of this §
												23.55 amended under the Weights
						and Measures Act of 1965 (73 P. S. §§
													1651-1692) (Transferred from
						76
						P. S. §§
													100-1-100-42 in
						1978).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter B - SPECIFIC PACKAGE AND CONTAINER DECLARATIONS › Section 23.56 - Cylindrical containers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In the case of cylindrical or nearly cylindrical
					 containers, information required to appear on the principal display panel shall
					 appear within that 40% of the circumference which is most likely to be
					 displayed, presented, shown or examined under customary conditions of display
					 for retail sale.
This section cited in 70 Pa. Code §
												23.21 (relating to
						general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.101 - Eggs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
If cartons containing 12 eggs have been designed so as to
					 permit division in half by the retail purchaser, the required quantity
					 declaration shall be so positioned as to have its context destroyed when the
					 carton is divided.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.104 - Roofing materials

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Roofing materials.
Roofing materials shall be sold either by
				  the square or by the square foot only.
(b)
Square.
The quantity of
				  roofing or roofing material that, if applied according to the directions or
				  instructions of the manufacturer, will cover an area of 100 square feet
				  exclusive of side laps or side joints; however, in the case of roofing or
				  roofing material of corrugated design the side lap or side joint shall be one
				  full corrugation.
(c)
Square foot.
The quantity of roofing or roofing material that,
				  when applied according to the directions or instructions of the manufacturer,
				  will cover 1 square foot (144 square inches) exclusive of side laps or side
				  joints.
(d)
Declaration of
				  quantity.
If the declaration of quantity on a package of roofing or
				  roofing material contains the term "square", it shall include plainly and
				  conspicuously, a numerical definition of the term "square"; for example, "One
				  square covers 100 square feet of roof area."
(e)
Common fractions.
The
				  use of common fractions 1/3 is specifically authorized in the quantity
				  statement of a package of roofing or roofing material when, and only when, used
				  as the common fraction of the square.
(f)
Quantity statement.
The
				  primary declaration shall only be in terms of a square or square foot. There is
				  no prohibition against the use of supplemental quantity declarations, such as
				  shingle, but in no case may the weight of the material be stated or implied.
				  However, the use of numerical descriptions for rolls of felt roofing material
				  may continue to be used.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.105 - Produce

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(a) Packaged
				  produce sold by count shall conform to the packaging and labeling laws of the
				  Commonwealth and units in a package shall be reasonably uniform in size, or the
				  same variety or grade and shall be visible, or a representative sample shall be
				  visible.
(b) The following
				  commodities of produce shall conform to the following suggested list, except
				  that nothing in this suggested list shall be construed to prevent the sale of
				  apples, peaches, tomatoes, potatoes or similar commodities in wholesale-type
				  containers standardized by law:
Commodity
Method of Sale
Anise
Weight or bunch
Apples
Weight or count
Apricots
Weight
Artichokes
Weight or count
Asparagus
Weight or bunch
Avocados
Weight or count
Bananas
Weight
Beans (fresh or dried)
Weight
Beets (fresh)
Weight or bunch with
								tops
Berries (all)
Weight or measure
Broccoli
Weight or bunch
Brussel sprouts
Weight or measure
Cabbage
Weight
Cantaloupes
Weight or count
Carrots
Weight or bunch with tops
Cauliflowers
Weight or head
Celery
Weight or stalk
Cherries
Weight or measure
Coconuts
Weight or count
Corn
Weight or count
Cranberries
Weight or measure
Cucumbers
Weight or count
Currants
Weight or measure
Dates
Weight
Egg plant
Weight or count
Endive
Weight or bunch
Escarole
Weight or bunch
Figs
Weight
Garlic
Weight or count
Gourds
Weight or count
Grapefruit
Weight or count
Grapes
Weight
Greens (all)
Weight
Horseradish roots
Weight or bunch
Kumquats
Weight or measure
Leek
Weight or bunch
Lemons
Weight or count
Lettuce
Weight, head or bunch
Mangoes
Weight or count
Onions (spring or green)
Weight or bunch
								with tops
Onions (all others)
Weight
Oranges
Weight or count
Oyster plant
Weight or bunch
Papaya
Weight or count
Parsley
Weight or bunch
Parsnips
Weight
Peaches
Weight or count
Pears
Weight or count
Peas (fresh or dried)
Weight
Peppers
Weight or count
Persimmons
Weight or count
Plums
Weight or count
Pineapples
Weight or count
Pomegranates
Weight or count
Potatoes (Irish or sweet)
Weight
Radishes
Weight or bunch with tops
Raisins
Weight
Rhubarb
Weight or bunch
Rutabagas
Weight
Squash (yellow or white)
Weight
Squash (acorn or butternut)
Weight or
								count
Tangelos
Weight or count
Tangerines
Weight or count
Tomatoes
Weight or count
Tomatoes (cherry)
Weight or measure
Turnips
Weight or bunch with tops
Watermelon
Weight or count (parts of a
								whole watermelon shall be sold by weight)
(c)
				  If berries, brussel sprouts, cherries, cranberries or currants are sold by
				  measure, they shall be sold in containers standardized by law such as 1/2 dry
				  pint, 1 dry pint or 1 dry quart.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.106 - Liquefied petroleum gas

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(a)
Scope
. This section applies to sales of liquefied petroleum
				  gas.
(b)
Definition.
As used in this section, the term liquified
				  petroleum gas means a petroleum product composed predominantly of one or more
				  of the following hydrocarbons:
(1)
				  Propane.
(2) Propylene.
(3) Butanes (normal butane/or
				  isobutane).
(4)
				  Butylenes.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.107 - Wood

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Wood used for fuel shall be sold by the cord of 128 cubic
					 feet, or fraction thereof, and shall be accompanied by a statement or invoice
					 certifying the amount sold and presented to the buyer or his designee at the
					 time of delivery or billing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.108 - Random weight packaged meat and meat products

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In the wholesale sale and delivery of random weight
					 packaged meat and meat products, lots composed entirely of like units as to
					 formula, process in manufacture, quality and grade of ingredients, except as to
					 weight, each unit may not be required to have the net weight marked thereon at
					 the time of the wholesale sale and delivery to a retail merchant only if there
					 is compliance with the following provisions:
(1) The entire bulk package containing the
				  individual units is effectively sealed at the time of sale and delivery and has
				  the content of the bulk package plainly and legibly marked thereon in terms of
				  net weight.
(2) The sale and
				  weighing of the lot takes place on the premises of the retailer, in the
				  presence of the retailer or his designated agent, and the result of the
				  weighing, expressed in terms of net weight, is immediately communicated by the
				  wholesaler or his agent to the retailer or his agent.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.109 - Bulk meat

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(a)
Scope.
This section applies to retail sales and processing of
				  bulk meat sold by hanging weight and the processing of customer-owned meat,
				  except as provided in this section.
(b)
Identification.
In
				  identifying a product subject to this section, the following terms, where
				  applicable, shall be used:
(1)
Bulk
				  meat
-That sold by hanging weight, consisting of whole carcasses,
				  sides, or primal cuts.
(2)
Primal cuts
-Only the following terms shall be used in
				  describing a primal cut of beef or veal:
(i)
Cross cut chuck
-The entire fore part of a side, ending between
				  the fifth and sixth ribs.
(ii)
Arm chuck
-The cross cut chuck with the brisket
				  removed.
(iii)
Square
				  chuck
-The cross cut chuck with the brisket and arm removed directly
				  above the fore shank.
(iv)
Untrimmed rib section
-The portion from the sixth to the 12th
				  rib inclusive with plate.
(v)
Trimmed rib section
-The portion from the sixth to 12th rib
				  inclusive, not to exceed 10 inches from tip of chine bone to top of rib,
				  without plate.
(vi)
Untrimmed full loin
-The section from and including the 13th
				  rib to the hip joint, including the flank and kidney.
(vii)
Trimmed full loin
-The
				  section from and including the 13th rib to the hip joint, without flank and
				  kidney.
(viii)
Trimmed
				  short loin
-The section from and including the 13th rib to the hip
				  bone, without the sirloin, flank and kidney.
(ix)
Untrimmed short
				  loin
-The section from and including the 13th rib to the hip bone, with
				  the flank and kidney but without the sirloin.
(x)
Sirloin
-The section from
				  immediately in front of the hip bone to the hip joint.
(xi)
Round
-The section from
				  the hip joint to immediately below the rear knee, with rump attached.
(xii)
Rump
-The part of the
				  round down to and including the aitch bone.
(xiii)
Forequarter
-The
				  forward portion of a side of beef, back to and including the 12th rib,
				  consisting of the cross cut chuck and the untrimmed rib section.
(xiv)
Hindquarter
-The rear
				  portion of a side of beef, from and including the 13th rib, consisting of the
				  untrimmed full loin and the round.
(xv)
Side
-The half of a
				  split beef comprising the forequarter and hindquarter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.110 - Packaged seed

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Packages of seed intended for planting shall be labeled in
					 accordance with this part except as follows:
(1) The net quantity statement shall appear
				  in the upper 30% of the principal display panel.
(2) The net quantity statement shall be in
				  the largest whole unit of the metric system for weights up to 7 grams, and in
				  grams or in ounces for other weights less than 225 grams or 8 ounces; packaged
				  seed weighing 225 grams or 8 ounces or more is not subject to this
				  section.
(3) The net quantity
				  statement for coated seed, encapsulated seed, pelletized seed, seed tapes,
				  pre-plants and the like, shall be by count.
(4) This section applies only to labels
				  developed or revised after January 1, 1975.
The provisions of this §
												23.110 amended under the Weights
						and Measures Act of 1965 (73 P. S. §§
													1651-1692) (Transferred from
						76
						P. S. §§
													100-1-100-42 in
						1978).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.110a - Polyethylene sheeting

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(a)
Labeling.
Each package of polyethylene sheeting, shall
				  contain, on a surface visible to the public, the following information:
(1) The length in feet or fraction thereof,
				  or both.
(2) The width in feet or
				  fraction thereof, or both.
(3) The
				  thickness in mills. A mill is defined as .001 inches.
(4) The net weight in pounds or fraction
				  thereof, or both.
(5) The
				  abbreviation of linear measurement and weight values shall be limited to
				  abbreviations identified in §
											23.13(c)
				  (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERS › Subchapter C - SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS › Section 23.111 - Information on sales receipts

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(a)
Recorded representations, point of sale systems.
The sales
				  information recorded by cash registers when interfaced with a weighing element
				  shall contain the following information for items weighed at the checkout
				  stand:
(1) The net weight identified by the
				  words "pounds," "grams," or "kilograms" or by the abbreviations "lb," "g," or
				  "kg."
(2) The unit price with
				  weight values identified as in paragraph (1).
(3) The total price.
(4) The product class, name or code
				  number.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 25 - NONCONSUMER ITEMS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY › DECLARATION OF IDENTITY › Section 25.1 - General

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A declaration of identity on a nonconsumer package shall
						appear on the outside of a package and shall positively identify the commodity
						in the package by its common or usual name, description, generic term or the
						like.
This section cited in 70 Pa. Code §
													27.26 (relating to motor
						  oils).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 25 - NONCONSUMER ITEMS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY › DECLARATION OF QUANTITY › Section 25.11 - Location

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A nonconsumer package shall bear on the outside a
						declaration of the net quantity of contents. The declaration shall be in terms
						of the largest whole unit as provided in §
											23.11 (relating to largest whole
						unit).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 25 - NONCONSUMER ITEMS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY › DECLARATION OF QUANTITY › Section 25.12 - Weight, liquid measure or count terminology

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(a)
General.
The declaration
					 of the quantity of a particular commodity shall be expressed in terms of liquid
					 measure if the commodity is liquid, in terms of weight if the commodity is
					 solid, semisolid, viscous or a mixture of solid and liquid, or in terms of
					 numerical count. However, if there exists a firmly established general consumer
					 usage and trade custom with respect to the terms used in expressing a
					 declaration of quantity of a particular commodity, the declaration of quantity
					 may be expressed in its traditional terms, if the traditional declaration gives
					 accurate and adequate information as to the quantity of the
					 commodity.
(b)
Weight and
					 measure terms.
A declaration of quantity shall be as follows, except
					 that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the labeling of nonconsumer
					 packages in terms of units of the metric system:
(1) If in units of weight, the declaration
					 shall be in terms of the avoirdupois pound or ounce.
(2) If in units of liquid measure, the
					 declaration shall be in terms of the United States gallon of 231 cubic inches
					 or liquid quart, liquid pint or fluid ounce subdivisions of the gallon and
					 shall express the volume at 68°F (20°C), except in the case of
					 petroleum products, for which the declaration shall express the volume at
					 60°F (15.6°C), and except also in the case of a commodity that is
					 normally sold and consumed while frozen, for which the declaration shall
					 express the volume at the frozen temperature, and except also in the case of a
					 commodity that is normally sold in the refrigerated state, for which the
					 declaration shall express the volume at 40°F (4°C).
(3) If in units of linear measure, the
					 declaration shall be in terms of the yard, foot or inch.
(4) If in units of area measure, the
					 declaration shall be in terms of the square yard, square foot or square
					 inch.
(5) If in units of dry
					 measure, the declaration shall be in terms of the United States bushel of
					 2,150.42 cubic inches or peck, dry quart and dry pint subdivisions of the
					 bushel.
(6) If in units of cubic
					 measure, the declaration shall be in terms of the cubic yard, cubic foot or
					 cubic inch.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 25 - NONCONSUMER ITEMS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY › DECLARATION OF QUANTITY › Section 25.13 - Character of declaration in averages

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The average quantity of the contents in the packages of a
						particular lot, shipment or delivery shall at least equal the declared
						quantity. No unreasonable shortage in a package may be permitted, even though
						overages in other packages in the same shipment, delivery or lot compensate for
						the shortage.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 25 - NONCONSUMER ITEMS › Subchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY › PROMINENCE AND PLACEMENT › Section 25.21 - General

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Information required to appear on a nonconsumer package
						shall be definitely and clearly stated thereon in the English language.
						Required information that is either in hand lettering or hand script shall be
						entirely clear and equal to printing in legibility.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.1 - General

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Whenever a consumer commodity or package of consumer
					 commodity is exempted from the requirements for dual quantity declaration, the
					 net quantity declaration required to appear on the package shall be in terms of
					 the largest whole unit except as provided in §
										23.53(a)(3)
					 (relating to multiunit packages).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.2 - Random packages

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
				  random package bearing a label conspicuously declaring the net weight, the
				  price per pound and the total price shall be exempt from the type size, dual
				  declaration, placement and free area requirements of this title. In the case of
				  a random package packed at one place for subsequent sale at another, neither
				  the price per unit of weight nor the total selling price need appear on the
				  package, provided the package label includes both prices at the time it is
				  offered or exposed for sale at retail.
(b) This exemption of this section also
				  applies to uniform weight packages of cheese and cheese products labeled in the
				  same manner and by the same type of equipment as random packages exempted by
				  this section.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.3 - Small confections

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Individually wrapped pieces of "penny candy" and other
					 confectionery of less than 1/2 ounce net weight per individual piece shall be
					 exempt from the labeling requirements of this title when the container in which
					 the confectionery is shipped is in conformance with the labeling requirements
					 of this title. Similarly, when the confectionery items are sold in bags or
					 boxes, the items shall be exempt from the labeling requirements of this title,
					 including the required declaration of net quantity of contents, when the
					 declaration of the bag or box meets the requirements of this
					 title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.4 - Individual servings

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Individual serving-size packages of foods containing less
					 than 1/2 ounce or less than 1/2 fluid ounce for use in restaurants,
					 institutions and passenger carriers, and not intended for sale at retail, shall
					 be exempt from the required declaration of net quantity of contents specified
					 in this title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.5 - Cuts, plugs and twists of tobacco and cigars

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
When individual cuts, plugs and twists of tobacco and
					 individual cigars are shipped or delivered in containers that conform to the
					 labeling requirements of this title, the individual cuts, plugs and twists of
					 tobacco and cigars shall be exempt from the labeling
					 requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.6 - Reusable glass containers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Nothing in this title may be deemed to preclude the
					 continued use of reusable or returnable glass containers; however, the glass
					 containers ordered after February 30, 1970 shall conform to the requirements of
					 this title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.7 - Cigarettes and small cigars

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Cartons of cigarettes and small cigars, containing 10
					 individual packages of 20, labeled in accordance with the requirements of this
					 title, shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in §§
										23.21(1),
					 23.23 and
					 23.53 (relating to general; type
					 size in principal display panel; and multiunit package); however, the cartons
					 shall bear a declaration of the net quantity of commodity in the
					 package.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.8 - Labeling required by Federal law

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Packages of meat and meat products, poultry and poultry
					 products, tobacco and tobacco products, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides,
					 alcoholic beverages and seeds shall be exempt from the requirements set forth
					 in §§
										23.13(f),
					 23.21(1), and
					 23.23(a)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology; general; type size in
					 principal display panel) only if the quantity labeling requirements for the
					 products are specified in Federal law so as to follow reasonable sound
					 principles of providing consumer information.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.9 - Fluid dairy products and frozen desserts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Fluid dairy products, ice cream and similar frozen desserts
					 shall be exempted as set forth in the following provisions:
(1) If packaged in 1/2 liquid pint and 1/2
				  gallon containers, such products are exempt from the requirements for stating
				  net contents of 8 fluid ounces and 64 fluid ounces, which may be expressed as
				  1/2 pint and 1/2 gallon, respectively.
(2) If packaged in 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid
				  quart and 1/2 gallon containers, the products are exempt from the dual net
				  contents declaration requirements of §
										23.13(1f)(2)
				  (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
(3) If measured by and packaged in 1/2 liquid
				  pint, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, 1/2 gallon and 1 gallon measure containers
				  as defined in "Measure Container Code of National Bureau of Standards Handbook
				  44," the products are exempt from the requirements of §
										23.21 (relating to general) that
				  the declaration of net contents be located within the bottom 30% of the
				  principal display panel.
(4) Milk
				  and milk products when measured by and packaged in glass or plastic containers
				  of 1/2 liquid pint, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, 1/2 gallon, and 1 gallon
				  capacities are exempt from the placement requirement of §
										23.21 that the declaration of net
				  contents be located within the bottom 30% of the principal display panel, only
				  if other required label information is conspicuously displayed on the cap or
				  outside closure, and the required net quantity of contents declaration is
				  conspicuously blown, formed, molded on or permanently applied to that part of
				  the glass or plastic container that is at or above the shoulder of the
				  container.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.10 - Real and imitation fruit juice beverages and drinking water

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Single-strength and less than single-strength fruit juice
					 beverages, any imitations of the beverages, and drinking water shall be
					 exempted as set forth in the following provisions:
(1) If packaged in glass, plastic or fluid
				  milk type paper containers of 8 and 64 fluid ounce capacity, the products are
				  exempt from the requirements of §
										23.13(b)(2)
				  (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology), to the extent that
				  net contents of 8 fluid ounces and 64 fluid ounces (or 2 quarts) may be
				  expressed as 1/2 pint (or 1/2 pint) and 1/2 gallon (or 1/2 gallon),
				  respectively.
(2) If packaged in
				  glass, plastic or fluid milk type paper containers of 1 pint, 1 quart and 1/2
				  gallon capacities, are exempt from the dual net contents declaration
				  requirements of § 23.13(f)(2).
(3) If packaged in glass or plastic
				  containers of 1/2 pint, 1 pint, 1 quart, 1/2 gallon and 1 gallon capacities,
				  are exempt from the placement requirement of §
										23.21(1) 
				  (relating to general) that the declaration of net contents be located within
				  the bottom 30% of the principal display panel, only if other required label
				  information is conspicuously displayed on the cap or outside closure and the
				  required net quantity of contents declaration is conspicuously blown, formed,
				  molded into or permanently applied to that part of the glass or plastic
				  container that is at or above the shoulder of the container.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.11 - Soft drink bottles

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Bottles of soft drinks shall be exempt from the placement
					 requirements for the declaration of either or both of the following, if there
					 is compliance with that provision:
(1)
Identity.
If the declaration appears on the bottle
				  closure.
(2)
Quantity.
If the declaration is blown, formed or molded on or
				  above the shoulder of the container and if other information required by this
				  regulation appears only on the bottle closure.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.12 - Multiunit soft drink packages

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Multiunit packages of soft drinks are exempt from the
					 requirement for a declaration of either or both of the following, if there is
					 compliance with that provision:
(1)
Responsibility.
If the declaration appears on the individual
				  units and is not obscured by the multiunit packaging, or if the outside
				  container bears a statement to the effect that the declaration will be found on
				  the individual units inside.
(2)
Identity.
If the declaration appears on the individual units
				  and is not obscured by the multiunit packaging.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.13 - Butter

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
If butter is packaged in 4 ounce, 8 ounce and 1 pound units
					 with continuous label copy wrapping, butter is exempt from the requirements
					 that the statement of identity in §
										23.1(a) (relating
					 to general) and the net quantity declaration in §
										23.21(5)
					 (relating to general) be generally parallel to the base of the package. If
					 packaged in 8 ounce and 1 pound units, butter is exempt from the requirement
					 for location in §
										23.21(1) of net
					 quantity declaration and, if packaged in one pound units, is exempt from the
					 requirement for dual quantity declaration in §
										23.13(f)(1)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.14 - Eggs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Cartons containing 12 eggs shall be exempt from the
					 requirement for location in §
										23.21 (relating to general) of net
					 quantity declaration. If the cartons are designed to permit division in half,
					 each half shall be exempt from the labeling requirements of this title if the
					 undivided carton conforms to the requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.15 - Flour

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Packages of wheat flour packaged in units of 2, 5, 10, 25,
					 50 and 100 pounds shall be exempt from the requirement for location in §
										23.21(1)
					 (relating to general) of the net quantity declaration and, if packaged in units
					 of 2 pounds, shall be exempt also from the requirement for a dual quantity
					 declaration in §
										23.13(f)(1)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.16 - Small packages

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
On a principal display panel of 5 square inches or less,
					 the declaration of quantity need not appear in the bottom 30% of the principal
					 display panel if that declaration satisfies the other requirements of this
					 title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.17 - Multiunit packages

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
On individual units of a multiunit retail package, the
					 declaration of quantity need not appear in the bottom 30% of the principal
					 display panel if that declaration satisfies the other requirements of this
					 title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.18 - Decorative containers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The principal display panel of a cosmetic marketed in a
					 "boudoir-type" container including decorative cosmetic containers of the
					 "cartridge," "pill box," "compact" or "pencil" variety, and those with a
					 capacity of 1/4 ounce or less, may be a tear-away tag or tape affixed to the
					 decorative container and bearing the mandatory label information as required by
					 this title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.19 - Combination packages

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Combination packages are exempt from the requirements of
					 the following:
(1) Location, as
				  provided in §
										23.21(1)
				  (relating to general).
(2) Free
				  area, as provided in § 23.21(4).
(3) Minimum height of numbers and letters, as
				  provided in §
										23.23(a)
				  (relating to type size in principal display panel).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.20 - Margarine

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Margarine in 1 pound rectangular packages, except for
					 packages containing whipped or soft margarine or packages containing more than
					 four sticks, shall be exempt from the requirement in this title for location in
					 §
										23.21(1)
					 (relating to general) of the net quantity declaration, and shall be exempt from
					 the requirement for a dual quantity declaration of §
										23.13(f)(1)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.21 - Corn flour

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Corn flour packaged in conventional 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100
					 pound bags shall be exempt from the requirement for location of §
										23.21(1) 
					 (relating to general) of the net quantity declaration.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.22 - Prescription and insulin drugs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Prescription and drugs containing insulin subject to
					 section 503(b)(1) or 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act are exempt
					 from this title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.23 - Camera film

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Camera film packaged and labeled for retail sale is exempt
					 from the net quantity statement requirements of this title which specify how
					 measurement of commodities should be expressed, only if there is compliance
					 with the following provisions:
(1) The
				  net quantity of contents on packages of movie film and bulk still film is
				  expressed in terms of the number of lineal feet of usable film contained
				  therein.
(2) The net quantity of
				  contents on packages of still film shall be expressed in terms of the number of
				  exposures the contents will provide. The length and width measurements of the
				  individual exposures, expressed in millimeters or inches, are authorized as an
				  optional statement, as, for example: "36 exposures, 36 x 24 mm" or "12
				  exposures, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in."
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.24 - Paint and kindred products

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Paints, varnishes, lacquers, thinners, removers, oils,
					 resins and solvents, if packed in 1 liquid pint and 1 liquid quart units are
					 exempt from the dual quantity declaration requirements of §
										23.13(f)(2) 
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.25 - Automotive antifreeze

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Automotive cooling system antifreeze, if packed in 1 liquid
					 quart units, in metal or plastic containers, are exempt from the dual quantity
					 declaration requirements of §
										23.13(f)(2)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.26 - Motor oils

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Motor oils, if packed in 1 liquid quart units, are exempt
					 from the dual quantity declaration requirements of §
										23.13(f)(2)
					 (relating to weight, liquid measure or count terminology). Additionally, motor
					 oil in 1 liquid quart, 1 gallon, 1 1/4 gallon, 2 gallon and 2 1/2 gallon units,
					 bearing the principal display panel on the body of the container, is exempt
					 from the requirements of §§
										21.11,
					 23.1 and
					 25.1 (relating to consumer and
					 nonconsumer packages; general), to the extent that the SAE grade is required to
					 appear on the principal display panel, only if the SAE grade appears on the can
					 lid and is expressed in letters and numerals in type size of at least 1/4
					 inch.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › EXEMPTIONS › Section 27.27 - Bakery products

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Bakery products customarily sold on the basis of count
					 rather than weight and offered for sale in transparent packages by the
					 producer, at a retail bakery store, are exempt from the requirements of this
					 title.