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California Business And Professions Code Section 12609

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The director shall adopt necessary regulations to carry out
the purpose of this division and for the testing of packages to
verify the net quantity statements.  In adopting these regulations,
the director shall adopt by reference the packaging and labeling
requirements recommended by the National Conference on Weights and
Measures and published in the current edition of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, Uniform Packaging
and Labeling Regulation, except insofar as those requirements are
specifically modified, amended, or rejected by regulation by the
director. The regulations shall include exemptions from full
compliance with this chapter for good and sufficient reasons.  Any
exemptions affecting consumer commodities shall be in conformance
with exemptions permitted by federal regulations.  Any regulation, or
amendment thereof, shall be adopted by the director in conformity
with Chapter  3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
   This section shall become operative on February 14, 1994.

Last modified: January 12, 2009