California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 6 - Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

  • Section 12601.
    This chapter is designed to protect purchasers of any commodity within its provisions against deception or misrepresentation. Packages and their labels should enable consumers to...
  • Section 12602.
    (a) It is unlawful for any person engaged in the packaging or labeling of any commodity for distribution or sale, or for any person (other than...
  • Section 12603.
    No person subject to the prohibition in Section 12602 shall distribute any packaged commodity unless it is in conformity with regulations that shall be established...
  • Section 12605.
    No person subject to the prohibition contained in Section 12602 shall distribute or cause to be distributed in commerce any packaged commodity if any qualifying...
  • Section 12606.
    (a) No container wherein commodities are packed shall have a false bottom, false sidewalls, false lid or covering, or be otherwise so constructed or filled, wholly...
  • Section 12606.2.
    (a) This section applies to food containers subject to Section 403(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 343(d)), and Section 100.100...
  • Section 12607.
    Whenever a packaged commodity is offered for sale, exposed for sale or sold without a statement of net quantity appearing thereon as required by this...
  • Section 12609.
    The secretary shall adopt necessary regulations to carry out the purpose of this division and for the testing of packages to verify the net quantity...
  • Section 12610.
    The secretary may promulgate regulations similar to those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Federal Trade Commission pursuant...
  • Section 12611.
    It is unlawful to pack, ship, or sell any commodity in a container which does not conform to all the specifications of this chapter; or...
  • Section 12612.
    The sale of any commodity packaged in a container, wherein both the container and the contents thereof comply with any act of Congress or rules...
  • Section 12613.
    If any provision of this chapter is less stringent or requires information different from any requirement of Section 4 of the act of Congress entitled...
  • Section 12615.5.
    The violation of any provision of this chapter, except the provisions of Section 12604.5, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than...

Last modified: October 22, 2018