O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-2-11 (2019)

Information required on packages

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, any package 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:

(1) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container;

(2) The quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; and

(3) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor in the case of any package kept, offered, exposed for sale, or sold in any place other than on the premises where packed.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 10/HB 323.

Annotations

The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted "and" at the end of paragraph (2).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weights and Measures, § 13 et seq.

C.J.S. - 94 C.J.S., Weights and Measures, § 28 et seq.