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California Business And Professions Code Section 12610

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The director may promulgate regulations similar to those
promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the
Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the Fair Packaging and Labeling
Act (P.L. 89-755; 80 Stat. 1296; 15U.S.C. 1451-1461) effective to--
   1. Establish and define standards for characterization of the size
of a package enclosing any commodity, which may be used to
supplement the label statement of net quantity of contents of
packages containing such commodity, but this paragraph shall not be
construed as authorizing any limitation on the size, shape, weight,
dimensions, or number of packages which may be used to enclose any
commodity;
   2. Require that the label on each package of a commodity (other
than one which is a food within the meaning of Section 201(f) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) bear the common or usual name
of such consumer commodity, if any.

Last modified: January 12, 2009