Informed consumers are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a free market economy. Packages and their labels should enable consumers to obtain accurate information as to the quantity of the contents and should facilitate value comparisons. Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to assist consumers and manufacturers in reaching these goals in the marketing of consumer goods.
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Informed consumers are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a free market economy. Packages and their labels should enable consumers to obtain accurate information as to the quantity of the contents and should facilitate value comparisons. Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to assist consumers and manufacturers in reaching these goals in the marketing of consumer goods.
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§ 1451. Congressional declaration of policy
Informed consumers are essential to the fair
and efficient functioning of a free market econ-
omy. Packages and their labels should enable
consumers to obtain accurate information as to
the quantity of the contents and should facili-
tate value comparisons. Therefore, it is hereby
declared to be the policy of the Congress to as-
sist consumers and manufacturers in reaching
these goals in the marketing of consumer goods.
(Pub. L. 89–755, § 2, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296.)
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1453
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 89–755, § 13, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1302, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] shall take effect
on July 1, 1967: Provided, That the Secretary (with re-
spect to any consumer commodity which is a food,
drug, device, or cosmetic, as those terms are defined by
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) [section 301
et seq. of Title 21, Food and Drugs], and the Commis-
sion (with respect to any other consumer commodity)
may by regulation postpone, for an additional twelve-
month period, the effective date of this Act [this chap-
ter] with respect to any class or type of consumer com-
modity on the basis of a finding that such a postpone-
ment would be in the public interest.’’
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 89–755, § 1, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296, provided:
‘‘That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as
the ‘Fair Packaging and Labeling Act’.’’
§ 1452. Unfair and deceptive packaging and label-
ing; scope of prohibition
(a) Nonconforming labels
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in
the packaging or labeling of any consumer com-
modity (as defined in this chapter) for distribu-
tion in commerce, or for any person (o