15 U.S.C. § 1452 : US Code - Section 1452: Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1452 : US Code - Section 1452: Unfair and deceptive packaging and labeling; scope of prohibition

(a) Nonconforming labels
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the packaging or
labeling of any consumer commodity (as defined in this chapter) for
distribution in commerce, or for any person (other than a common
carrier for hire, a contract carrier for hire, or a freight
forwarder for hire) engaged in the distribution in commerce of any
packaged or labeled consumer commodity, to distribute or to cause
to be distributed in commerce any such commodity if such commodity
is contained in a package, or if there is affixed to that commodity
a label, which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter
and of regulations promulgated under the authority of this chapter.
(b) Exemptions
The prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section shall
not apply to persons engaged in business as wholesale or retail
distributors of consumer commodities except to the extent that such
persons (1) are engaged in the packaging or labeling of such
commodities, or (2) prescribe or specify by any means the manner in
which such commodities are packaged or labeled.