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Title

06

:
Agriculture






Chapter

153

:
STANDARDS AND PURITY






Subchapter

002
:
LABELING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; TESTS










 

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2811. Marking of retail packages

(a)(1) All

retail packages of dairy products and fluid dairy products sold or offered for

sale shall be plainly and conspicuously marked with:

(A) The true

name of the product as defined by statute or regulation.

(B) The true

name of all ingredients in descending order of importance if it is not a single

defined product.

(C) The name and

address of the producer or handler.

(D) The net

weight or volume of package contents.

(2) The

secretary may assign identifying numbers for milk plants, which may appear on

the package.

(b) The

following situations are exempted from the operation of subsection (a) of this

section:

(1) Milk sold by

a producer to a handler.

(2) A producer

who sells unpasteurized (raw) milk pursuant to chapter 152 of this title.

(Added 1965, No. 175, § 3; amended 1969, No. 73, § 6, eff. April 18, 1969;

2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 4, eff. May 19, 2011.)