                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INFORMATION TO BE SHOWN ON PACKAGES (§ 3.2-5623)

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any commodity in package form,
introduced or delivered for introduction into, or received in, intrastate
commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, shall
bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous
declaration of: (i) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same
can easily be identified by an actual or prospective buyer through the wrapper
or container; (ii) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure,
or count; and (iii) in the case of any package kept, offered, or exposed for
sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and
place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. In connection
with the declaration required under clause (ii) of this section the qualifying
term &#8220;when packed,&#8221; or words of similar import shall not be used,
nor shall any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure, or count including
&#8220;jumbo,&#8221; &#8220;giant,&#8221; &#8220;full&#8221; that tends to
exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package be used.
		The Uniform Regulation for Packaging and Labeling as adopted by the National
Conference on Weights and Measures and published in National Institute of
Standards and Technology Handbook 130, &#8220;Uniform Laws and
Regulations,&#8221; and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to
the method of sale of commodities in the Commonwealth, except insofar as
modified or rejected by regulation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-708.26, 59-103; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, §
3.1-944; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.