§1459 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter: what counts as a consumer product, a package, a label, who is a person, what is commerce, and what is the principal display panel. consumer commodity — means foods, drugs, devices, cosmetics (as those words are defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) and other items usually made or sold at retail for people to eat, use, or use for personal or household services; it does not include meat or poultry, tobacco, items covered by certain USDA packaging/labeling rules (including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act), drugs covered by sections 503(b)(1) or 506 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, beverages covered by the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, or items covered by the Federal Seed Act. package — any container or wrapping used to hold a consumer commodity for retail display or sale, but not bulk shipping containers used only for transport, retailer shipping boxes that have no printed matter about a commodity, or containers covered by the Acts of August 3, 1912 (15 U.S.C. 231–233) or March 4, 1915 (15 U.S.C. 234–236). label — any written, printed, or graphic material attached to a product or its package. person — includes firms, corporations, and associations. commerce — trade between any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory or possession and any place outside them, and trade within DC or a U.S. territory without a legislature; does not include exports to foreign countries. principal display panel — the part of the label most likely to be seen or examined in normal retail display.