Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1451 Congressional Declaration of Policy
Title 15 › CHAPTER 39 — FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM › § 1451
Summary
Congress wants labels and packages to show how much is inside and to help people compare value. It will help shoppers and makers do this when selling products.
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Title 15, §1451
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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 respect 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 Commission (with respect to any other consumer commodity) may by regulation postpone, for an additional twelve-month period, the
Effective Date
of this Act [this chapter] with respect to any class or type of consumer commodity on the basis of a finding that such a postponement 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’.”
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 1451
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102