§ 1452. — Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1452]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 39--FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM
Sec. 1452. Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of
prohibition
(a) Nonconforming labels
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the packaging or
labeling of any consumer commodity (as defined in this chapter) for
distribution in commerce, 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 in commerce of any packaged or labeled
consumer commodity, to distribute or to cause to be distributed in
commerce any such commodity if such 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 and of regulations promulgated under
the authority of this chapter.
(b) Exemptions
The prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section shall
not apply to persons engaged in business as wholesale or retail
distributors of consumer commodities except to the extent that such
persons (1) are engaged in the packaging or labeling of such
commodities, or (2) prescribe or specify by any means the manner in
which such commodities are packaged or labeled.
(Pub. L. 89-755, Sec. 3, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1453, 1456 of this title.
