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<br /> SECTION 19. SAME: DECLARATIONS OF UNIT PRICE ON RANDOM PACKAGES.
<br /> In addition to the declarations required by section 18 of this Ordinance, any
<br /> commodity in package form, the package being one of a lot containing random
<br /> weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total
<br /> selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain
<br /> and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure,
<br /> or count.
<br /> SECTION 20. SAME: MISLEADING PACKAGES. No commodity in package
<br /> form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed,
<br /> or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents
<br /> of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such
<br /> reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity in
<br /> question by the sealer.
<br /> SECTION 21. SAME: ADVERTISING PACKAGES FOR SALE. Whenever a com-
<br /> modity in package form is advertising in any manner and the retail price
<br /> of such commodity is mentioned, there shall be declared conspicuously in
<br /> such advertisement the actual weight, measure, or count of the contents of
<br /> the package as is declared on the package.
<br /> SECTION 22: SAME: PACKAGES--EXEMPTIONS, MARKING REQUIREMENTS,
<br /> VARIATIONS. This section shall apply to any commodity in package form--
<br /> that is, any commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale
<br /> (except an auxiliary container, not intended to be sold to the consumer
<br /> intact, enclosing packages that are individually marked in conformance with
<br /> the requirements of this regulation) and to any item on which there is marked
<br /> a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure:
<br /> Provided, That a package shall be exempt from the requirement for declaration
<br /> of quantity if, in terms applicable to the commodity, it contains (a) in the
<br /> case of a commodity not a drug or cosmetic, less than 1/2 ounce avoirdupois,
<br /> less than 1/2 fluiduou4ce, or less than 6 units, (b) in the case of a drug,
<br /> less than 6 units, or (c) in the case of a cosmetic, less than 1/4 ounce
<br /> avoirdupois, less than 1/8 fluid ounce, or less than 6 units. (Exemptions
<br /> involving declarations in terms of count shall be permitted only if the units
<br /> of commodity can easily be counted without opening the package.)
<br /> A. DECLARATION OF IDENTITY. The declaration of identity shall
<br /> positively identify the commodity in the package by description, generic
<br /> term, or the like, unless the commodity may easily be identified through the
<br /> wrapper or container.
<br /> B. DECLARATION OF QUANTITY.
<br /> B.1. NET QUANTITY. The declaration of quantity shall disclose the
<br /> net quantity of the commodity--that is, the quantity of commodity in the pack-
<br /> age exclusive of wrappers and any other material packed with such commodity.
<br /> B.2. TERMS--WEIGHT, MEASURE, OR COUNT. The declaration of the
<br /> quantity of a particular commodity shall be expressed in such terms of
<br /> weight, measure, or count, or a combination of count and weight, measure,
<br /> or size, as have been firmly established in general consumer usage and trade
<br /> custom and as give accurate information as to the quantity of the commodity.
<br /> But if there exists no firmly established general consumer usage and trade
<br /> custom with respect to the terms used in expressing such declaration of
<br /> quantity, the declaration shall be in terms of liquid measure if the com-
<br /> modity is liquid, or in terms of weight if the commodity is solid, semi-solid,
<br /> viscous, or a mixture of solid and liquid: Provided, That, if the commodity
<br /> is a textile material, the declaration shall be in terms of linear measure unless
<br /> the material is one in which there exists a firmly established general consumer
<br /> usage and trade custom to declare the quantity in terms of weight, in which
<br /> case the declaration may be in terms of weight.
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