Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-13-1-.10 - Prominence And Placement Of Packages
(1) All information required to appear on a
consumer package shall appear thereon in the English language and shall be
prominent, definite, and plain, and shall be conspicuous as to size and style
of letters and numbers and as to color of letters and numbers in contrast to
color of background. Any required information that is either in hand lettering
or hand script shall be entirely clear and equal to printing in
legibility.
(2) The declaration or
declarations of quantity of the contents of a package shall appear in the
bottom 30 per cent of the principal display panel or panels. For cylindrical
containers, see also Rule no.
80-13-1-.11(7) for additional requirements.
(3)
The declaration or declarations of quantity shall be in such a style of type or
lettering as to be boldly, clearly, and conspicuously presented with respect to
other type, lettering, or graphic material on the package, except that a
declaration of net quantity blown, formed, or molded on a glass or plastic
surface is permissible when all label information is blown, formed or molded on
the surface.
(4) The declaration or
declarations of quantity shall be in a color that contrasts conspicuously with
its background, except that declaration of net quantity blown, formed or molded
on a glass or plastic surface shall not be required to be presented in a
contrasting color if no required label information is on the surface in a
contrasting color.
(5) The area
surrounding the quantity declaration shall be free of printed information above
and below, by a space equal to at least the height of the lettering in the
declaration and to the left and right, by a space equal to twice the width of
the letter "N" of the style and size of type used in the declaration.
(6) The quantity declaration shall be
presented in such a manner as to be generally parallel to the declaration of
identity and to the base on which the package tests as it is designed to be
displayed.
(7) The square inch area
of the principal display panel shall be as follows:
(a) In the case of a rectangular container,
one entire side which properly can be considered to be the principal display
panel, the product of the height times the width of that side.
(b) In the case of a cylindrical or nearly
cylindrical container, 40 per cent of the product of the height of the
container times the circumference; or
(c) In the case of any other shaped
container, 40 per cent of the total surface of the container, unless such
container presents an obvious principal display panel (e.g. the top of a
triangular or circular package of cheese, or the top of a can of shoe polish),
the area shall consist of the entire surface.
(d) Determination of the principal display
panel shall exclude tops, bottoms, flanges at tops and bottoms of cans, and
shoulders and necks of bottles or jars.
(8) The height of any letter or number in the
required quantity declaration shall be not less than that shown in paragraph
no. (9) below with respect to the square inch area of the panel, and the height
of each number of a common fraction shall meet one-half the minimum height
standards. No number or letter shall be more than three times as high as it is
wide.
(9) Minimum height of numbers
and letters shall be as follows:
See table at http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/agr/index.html
(10) All information required to
appear on a non- consumer package shall be definitely and clearly stated
thereon in the English language. Any required information that is either in
hand lettering or hand script shall be entirely clear and equal to printing in
legibility.
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