Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-13-1-.10

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 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.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-13-1-.10