01-001 C.M.R. ch. 303
DIVISION OF INSPECTIONS
SUMMARY: Definition of package; declaration of identity, responsibility and quantity; prominence and placement of label on all packages offered for sale in the State.
10 MRSA §2629 provides that 'the packaging and labeling requirements for consumer and nonconsumer packages, as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Bureau of Standards, 'Model State Packaging and Labeling Regulation,' and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to any package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale in the State of Maine, except insofar as specifically modified, amended or rejected by a regulation issued by the state sealer.'
Note: Copies of the regulations on packaging and labeling may be obtained by writing the Division of Inspections, Department of Agriculture, 28 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, or the Office of Weights and Measures, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 10 MRSA §2629
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 3, 1973
ACCEPTED FOR FILING:
October 16, 1978 (Secretary of State)
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 4, 1996
CONVERTED TO MS WORD:
May 19, 2008
CORRECTIONS:
February, 2014 – agency names, formatting