§ 11-305. Packaging
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MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-305
§ 11-305. Packaging
(a) Unless otherwise provided, any commodity in a package form shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:
(b)(1) With regard to the declaration required under subsection (a)(2), the qualifying term “when packed”, any words of similar meaning, or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count, such as, “jumbo”, “giant”, and “full”, that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package may not be used.
(i) Reasonable variations including variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure and that occur after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce;
(c) In addition to the declarations required by this section, if any commodity is in package form and the package is one of a lot containing random weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package, the commodity shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure, or count.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 182, § 1.
Formerly Art. 97, § 19.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 11-305, MD AGRIC § 11-305
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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