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Manyofyoumaynotbedirectlyinvolvedinpackagedesignanddevelopment,butduringaninspectionyoumightbeheldaccountableforanypackageerrors.
ThissessiononpackagelabelingtakesNIST2daystocover.Wehaveanhour;so,ourintentisnottoteacheverythingthereistoknowaboutlabeling,butrathertofamiliarizeyouwiththegeneralissuesandwheretofindtherulesandregulations.Attheendyoushouldhaveaideaofwhatisregulated,generallyhow,andwheretofindthespecifics.
Sobuckleup,thisisgoingtobeaveryquicktouroflabelingissuesforthemulch&soilindustry.
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Priortothismeeting,youwereaskedtodownloadacopyofNISTHandbook130.
HB130containstheUniformPackaging&LabelingRegulationswhichisthelegalbasisforourdiscussiontoday.
TheUPLRprovidesuniformlaws,uniformregulationsanduniformtestingprotocols.
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LabelinglawsstartwiththeFederalPackaging&LabelingAct.Youmayhearthatlawn&gardenproductsareexemptfromtheFPLA—whichistrue.However,inmoststatesthefoundationforpackagelabelingenforcementintheU.S.istheUniformPackaging&LabelingRegulations(UPLR)foundinNISTHandbook130.Lawn&gardenproductsARENOTexemptundertheUPLR.
Keepinminditisoftentheexemptionsfromtherulesthataremostoftenoverlooked.
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Purposeoflabelinglawsis:
**PromoteFairmarkets
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EnsureValuecomparisons
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Allowconsumerstomakeinformedbuyingdecisions.
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Neitherbuyernorsellerloses.
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Definitionofmulch:**AbovegroundtreatmentforMoisturecontrolWeedcontrolErosioncontrolTemperaturecontrolDecoration**MulchmaybesoldonlyinvolumeMetric=cubicmeterorliter
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Everypackageisrequiredtohaveastatementof:
**Identity
**Responsibility
**Quantity
Ontheprimarydisplaypanel
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UPLRSection2definespackageas
**Apre-wrappedcontainerinadvanceofsale
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Whosequantityhasbeendeterminedinadvance.
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Everypackagemusthaveadeclarationofidentity
••Whichshallappearontheprincipledisplaypanel
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Includesthenamerequiredinanyfederalregulation
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Isthecommonorusualname
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Orisagenericnameordescriptionoftheproduct—includingfunction
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Identityshouldappearonprimarydisplaypanelparalleltothebaseofthepackage
Asitisintendedtoappeartotheconsumer
Ornotmorethan22degreesanglefromthebaseofthelabel.
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Thequantitydeclarationshouldalsoappearonprimarydisplaypanelparalleltothebaseofthepackage
Asitisintendedtoappeartotheconsumer
Ornotmorethan22degreesanglefromthebaseofthelabel.
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Wedon’tgetmanycircularlabels,buttherearerulesintheeventsomeoneinmarketingwantstogetoverlyinventive.
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Identityshouldbegenerallyparalleltothedeclarationofquantityandshouldnotdistortormakethestatementinconspicuous
**Shouldbereadablewithoutrotatingthepackage
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**Everypackagemusthaveastatementofresponsibilityforwhotocontactifthepackagedoesnotcomplywiththelaw.
**ItappliestoALLpackages
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Isnotrequiredispackageissoldonpremiseswherepackaged.
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**Declarationofresponsibilityincludesnameandaddressofpacker,distributorordistributer
REMEMBER:Thisistheentitywhoislegallyresponsibleforanydefectintheproductorpackage.
**Actualcorporatename
**FULLaddressoromitthestreetaddressiseasilyaccessibleinwellknowdirectory.Nowdays,thishasbeensubstitutedbytoll-freephonenumberorwebaddressofthecompany.
**NOTONBOTTOMOFPACKAGE.
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NOTETHEEXCEPTIONS:
**Iftheresponsiblepartyisnotthemanufacturer:thenqualifyfurtherwithdistributedby,madefororimportedby.
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Hereagaintheobjectistoidentifytheresponsibleparty.
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Promotesconsumeraction
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Thenextrequiredelementisthedeclarationofquantitywhichdescribeshowmuchoftheproductisinthepackage
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Whatistheprincipaldisplaypanel?
**Theportionofthepackagedesignthatisintendedtobeviewedbythepurchaserundercustomaryconditionsofpurchase.
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Ifmorethan1PDPisused,allmustincludeallelementsofaPDPlabel.
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Apackagemusthaveadeclarationofidentityandquantityonitsprincipaldisplaypanel.
Whatelseisrequired?
Responsibility
Whereisthedeclarationofresponsibilitytoappear?
Anywherebutthebottomofthepackage.
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ThePDPareaissimplywidthbyheight
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**Theidentityifgenerallydisplayedintheupper70%fthepackage.
**ThedeclarationofquantityMUSTappearinthebottom30%ofthePDP.
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Ifthequantitystatementextendsabovethebottomthridofthelabel,itmustfirstfilltheentirebottomthirdbeforemovinghigher
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Thethingtonotehereisthatthereisalegalprocedurefordeterminingthetypesizeofaquantitystatementandinsomecasesyoucanbeprosecutedifyouaremorethan1/32inoff.
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Heightorwidtharemeasuredbytheirouttermostedges.
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Therearerulesforminimumheightofletteringforquantitystatements.
Hereisthefulltable**
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Forexample,a2cfpackagewillhavealabelinexcessof400SqINsotheminimumheightofnumbersandlettersinaquantitystatementis½inch.
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Whenusingupperandlowercaseletterinmetricunits,theuppercaseLorlowercasedwilldetermineminimumtypeheight
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**Englishisrequiredonconsumerpackagesforwhat?
**Whatidrequired?
**Identity,responsibility&quantity
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Otherlanguagesareoptional
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Exception:PuertoRico.
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Allrequiredtextshallbeprominent,definite,plainandconspicuous
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**Typefaceistobeboldandconspicuouscomparedtootherlabeltype
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Exceptspecialtylabels
**boldinthecasemeansconspicuousoreasilyseenandnottypestyle
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Tobeeasilyseen,thespacearoundaquantitydeclaration:
**ShallbefreeofprintedmatterAboveandbelowbybyatleasttheheightoftheletteringofthedeclaration
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OneachendbytwicethewidthoftheletterNinthetypeusedforthequantitydeclaration.
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Thefreeareadoesnotapplytoseparationofrequiredinformationfrom“vignettes,”“border”orothergraphicaslongastheconspicuousnessoftherequiredstatementofquantityisnotlost.
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Nonumberorlettershallbemorethanthreetimesashighasitiswide
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Whatthisslidesaysismetricquantitystatesarerequired.
Inch-poundstatementsareoptional.
Seetheexceptionin11.33
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Youmustusethelargestwholeunitofmeasure.Itis1cubicfoot,not1728cubicinches.
Youcannotusefractionsformetricunites.
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Asetofmultipleandsub-multipleprefixeshavebeenadoptedforusewiththeSIunits.Theymaybeusedwithanyofthebaseunitsandwithanyofthederivedunitswithspecialnames.Whentheprefixesareused,theprefixnameandtheunitnamearecombinedtoformasingleword,andsimilarlytheprefixsymbolandtheunitsymbolarewrittenwithoutanyspacetoformasinglesymbol,whichmayitselfberaisedtoanypower.
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Asetofmultipleandsub-multipleprefixeshavebeenadoptedforusewiththeSIunits.Theymaybeusedwithanyofthebaseunitsandwithanyofthederivedunitswithspecialnames.Whentheprefixesareused,theprefixnameandtheunitnamearecombinedtoformasingleword,andsimilarlytheprefixsymbolandtheunitsymbolarewrittenwithoutanyspacetoformasinglesymbol,whichmayitselfberaisedtoanypower.
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Quotationmarksforinchandfootarenotpermitted.
Excessivedistancebetweenthequantityandunitsofmeasureisnotpermitted.
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