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.

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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.

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