American Samoa Administrative Code

When the term “ounce” is employed in a declaration of liquid quantity, the declaration shall identify the particular meaning of the term by the use of the term “fluid”; however, such distinction may be omitted when, by association of terms (for example, as in “1 pint 4 ounces”), …

(a) The declaration of quantity shall be expressed in terms of: (1) in the case of length measure of less than 1 foot, inches and fractions of inches; (2) in the case of area measure of less than 1 square foot, square. inches and fractions of square inches; (3) in the case of wei…

(a) On packages containing 1 pound or more but less than 4 pounds, the declaration shall be expressed in ounces and, in addition, shall be followed by a declaration in parentheses, expressed in terms of the largest whole unit; provided, that the quantity declaration appearing on …

For bidimensional commodities (including roll-type commodities) the quantity declaration shall be expressed : (1) if less than 1 square foot, in terms of linear inches and fractions of linear inches; (2) if at least 1 square foot but less than 4 square feet, in terms of square in…

(a) If the commodity is in individually usable units of 1 or more components or ply, the quantity declaration shall, in addition to complying with other applicable quantity declaration requirements of this article, include the number of ply and the total number of usable units. (…

(a) A statement net quantity of contents of any consumer commodity may contain common or decimal fractions. A common fraction shall be in terms of halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, or thirty-seconds, except that: (1) if there exists a firmly established general consumer usag…

(a) The required quantity, declaration may be supplemented by cine or more declarations of weight, measure, or count, such declaration appearing other than on a principal display panel. Such supplemental statement of quantity of contents shall not include any terms qualifying a u…

In no case shall any declaration of quantity be qualified by the addition of the words “when packed”, “minimum”, or “not less than”, or any words of similar import, nor shall any unit of weight, measure, or count be qualified by any term (such as “jumbo”, “giant”, “full”, or the …

A nonconsumer package shall bear on the outside a declaration of the net quantity of contents. Such declaration shall be in terms of the largest whole unit (see 27.0621). History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 21.

The declaration of the quantity of a particular nonconsumer commodity shall be expressed in terms of liquid measure if the commodity is liquid, or in terms of weight if the commodity is solid, semisolid, viscous, or a mixture of solid and liquid, or in terms of numerical count. H…

(a) A nonconsumer-package declaration of quantity: (1) in units of weight shall be in terms of the avoirdupois pound or ounce; (2) in units of liquid measure shall be in terms of the United States gallon of 231 cubic inches or liquid-quart, liquid-pint, or fluid-ounce subdivision…

The average quantity of contents in the package of a particular lot, shipment, or delivery of a nonconsumer commodity shall at least equal the declared quantity, and no unreasonable shortage in any package shall be permitted, even though averages in other packages in the same shi…

All information required to appear on a consumer package shall appear thereon in the English language and shall be prominent, definite, and plain, and shall be conspicuous as to size and style of letters and numbers and as to color of letters and numbers in contrast to color of b…

The declaration or declarations of quantity of the contents of a package shall appear in the bottom 30% of the principal display panel or panels except as otherwise provided in 27.0654 for cylindrical containers. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 26.

The declaration or declarations of quantity shall be in such a style of type or lettering as to be boldly, clearly, and conspicuously presented with respect to other type, lettering, or graphic material on the package, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed, or m…

The declaration or declarations of quantity shall be in a color that contrasts conspicuously with its background, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed, or molded on a glass or plastic surface shall not be required to be presented in a contrasting color if no re…

The area surrounding the quantity declaration shall be free of printed information: ( 1) above and below, by a space equal to at least the height of the lettering in the declaration, and (2) to the left and right, by a space equal to twice the width of the letter “N” of the style…

The quantity declaration shall be presented in such a manner as to be generally parallel to the declaration of identity and to the base on which the package rests as it is designed to be displayed. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 30.

(a) The square-inch area of the principal display panel shall be: (1) in the case of a rectangular container, 1 entire side of which properly can be considered to be the principal display panel, the product of the height times the width of that side; (2) in the case of a cylindri…

(a) The height of any letter or number in the required quantity declaration shall be not less than that shown in Table 1 with respect to the square-inch area of the panel, and the height of each number of a common fraction shall meet 1/2 the minimum height standards. TABLE 1. MIN…

All information required to appear on a nonconsumer package shall be definitely and clearly stated thereon in the English language. Any required information that is either in hand lettering or hand script shall be entirely clear and equal to printing in legibility. History: Rule …

For an individual package affixed to a display card, or for a commodity and display card together composing a package, the type size of the quantity declaration is governed by the dimensions of the display card. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 act 76, § 34.

When cartons containing 12 eggs have been designed so as to permit division in half by the retail purchaser, the required quantity declaration shall be so positioned as to have its context destroyed when the carton is divided. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 act 76, § 35.

The declaration of quantity on an aerosol package, and on a similar pressurized package, shall disclose the net quantity of the commodity (including. propellant), in terms of weight, that will be expelled when the instructions for use as shown on the container are followed. Histo…

Any package containing more than 1 individual “commodity in package form” (see 27.0617(1)) of the same commodity shall bear on the outside of the package a declaration of: (1) the number of individual units; (2) the quantity of each individual unit; and (3) the total quantity of …

Any package containing individual units of dissimilar commodities (such as an antiquing kit, for example) shall bear on the label of the package a quantity declaration for each unit. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 act 76, § 38.

Any package containing individual units of reasonably similar commodities (such as, for example, seasonal gift packages and variety packages of cereal) shall bear on the label of the package a declaration of the total quantity of commodity in the package. History: Rule 6-76, eff …

In the case of cylindrical or nearly cylindrical containers information required to appear on the principal display panel shall appear within that 40% of the circumference which is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under customary conditions of display fo…

(a) Commodities designed and sold at retail to be used as containers for other materials or objects, such as bags, cups, boxes, and pans, shall be labeled with the declaration of net quantity as follows: (1) For bag-type commodities, in terms of count followed by linear dimension…

(a) Wearing apparel (including nontextile apparel and accessories such as leather goods and footwear) sold as single-unit items, or if normally sold in pairs (such as hosiery, gloves, and shoes) sold as single-unit pairs, shall be exempt from the requirements for a net quantity s…

Packages of seeds intended for planting shall be labeled in full accord with this article except as follows : (a) The quantity statement shall appear in the upper 30% of the principal display panel; (b) The quantity statements shall be in terms of the largest whole unit of the me…

Whenever any consumer commodity or package of consumer commodity is exempted from the requirements for dual quantity declaration, the net quantity declaration required to appear on the package shall be in terms of the largest whole unit, except as provided in 27.0651. History: Ru…

(a) A random package bearing a label conspicuously declaring the net weight price per pound, and total price shall be exempt from the type size, dual declaration, placement, and free area requirements of this article. In the case of a random package packed at one place for subseq…

Individually. wrapped pieces of “penny candy” and other confectionery of less than 1/2 ounce net weight per individual piece shall be exempt from the labeling requirements of this regulation when the container in which such confectionery is shipped is in conformance with the labe…

Individual-serving-size packages of foods containing less than 1/2 ounce or less than 1/2 fluid ounce for use in restaurants, institutions, and passenger carriers, and not intended for sale at retail, shall be exempt from the required declaration of net quantity of contents speci…

When individual cuts, plugs, and twists of tobacco, and individual cigars, are shipped or delivered in containers that conform to the labeling requirements of this article, such individual cuts, plugs, and twists of tobacco, and cigars, shall be exempt from such labeling requirem…

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to preclude the continued use of reusable (returnable) glass containers; provided, that such glass containers ordered after 19 act 76 shall conform to all requirements of this article. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 49.

Cartons of cigarettes and small cigars, containing 10 individual packages of 20 labeled in accordance with the requirements of this article shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in 27.0640, 27.0646, and 27.0651; provided, that such cartons bear a declaration of the net …

Packages of meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, tobacco and tobacco products, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and alcoholic beverages shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in 27.0629,27.0640, and 27.0646; provided, that quantity labeling requir…

(a) Fluid dairy products, ice cream, and similar frozen desserts: (1) when packaged in 1/2-liquid-pint and l/2-gallon containers, are exempt from the requirements for stating net contents of 8 fluid ounces and 64 fluid ounces, which may be expressed as l/2-pint and 1/2-gallon, re…

Single-strength and less than single-strength fruit juice beverages, imitations thereof, and drinking water: (1) when packaged in glass, plastic, or fluid- milk-type paper containers of 8-fluid-ounce and 64-fluid-ounce capacity, are exempt from the requirements of 27.0626(a)(2) t…

(a) Bottles of soft drinks shall be exempt from the placement requirements for the declaration of: (1) identity when such declaration appears on the bottle closure; and (2) quantity, when such declaration is blown, formed, or molded on or above the shoulder of the container and w…

When packaged in 4-ounce, 8-ounce, and 1- pound units with continuous-label-copy wrapping, butter is exempt from the requirements of 27.0618(a) and 27.0644 that the statement of identity and the net quantity declaration be generally parallel to the base of the package. When packa…

Cartons containing 12 eggs shall be exempt from the requirement of 27.0640 for location of net quantity declaration. When such cartons are designed to permit division in half, each half shall be exempt from the labeling requirements of this article if the undivided carton conform…

Packages of wheat flour packaged in units of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 pounds shall be exempt from the requirement of 27.0640 for location of the net quantity declaration and, when packaged in units of 2 pounds, shall be exempt also from the requirement of 27.0629(a) for a dual q…

On a principal display panel of 5 square inches or less, the declaration of quantity need not appear in the bottom 30% of the principal display panel if that declaration satisfies the other requirements of this article. History: Rule 6-76, eff 19 Oct 76, § 58.

The principal display panel of a cosmetic marketed in a “boudoir-type” container including decorative cosmetic containers of the “cartridge”, “pill box”, “compact”, or “pencil” variety, and those with a capacity of 1/4 ounce or less, may be a tear-away tag or tape affixed to the …