Prominence And Placement -- Consumer Packages

01. General. All information required to appear on a consumer package must appear thereon in the English language and be prominent, definite, and plain, and be conspicuous as to size and style of letters and number s and as to color of letters and numbers in contrast to color of background. Any required information that is either i n hand lettering or hand script must be entirely clear and equal to printing in legibility. (3-15-22) 02. Location. The declaration or declarations of quantity of the contents of a package must appear i n the bottom thirty percent (30%) of the principal display panel or panels, except as otherwise provided in Subsection 220.07, Cylindrical Containers. (3-15-22) 03. Style of Type or Lettering. The declaration or declarations of quantity must be in such a style o f type or lettering as to be boldly, clearly, and conspicuously presented with respect to other type, lettering, or graphi c material on the package, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed or molded on a glass or plasti c surface is permissible when all label information is blown, formed, or molded on the surface. (3-15-22) 04. Color Contrast. The declaration or declarations of quantity must be in a color that contrast s conspicuously with its background, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed, or molded on a glass o r plastic surface is not required to be presented in a contrasting color if no required label information is on the surfac e in a contrasting color. (3-15-22) 05. Free Area. The area surrounding the quantity declaration must be free of printed information as follows: (3-15-22) a. Above and below, by a space equal to at least the height of the lettering in the declaration: and (3-15-22) b. To the left and right, by a space equal to twice the width of the letter “N” of the style and size o f type used in the declaration. (3-15-22) 06. Parallel Quantity Declaration. The quantity declaration must be presented in such a manner as t o be generally parallel to the declaration of identity and to the base on which the package rests as it is designed to b e displayed. (3-15-22) 07. Calculation of Area of Principal Display Panel for Purposes of Type Size. The square-inch area of the principal display panel must be as follows: (3-15-22) a. In the case of a rectangular container, one (1) entire side, which properly can be considered to b e the principal display panel, the product of the height times the width of that side; (3-15-22) b. In the case of a cylindrical or nearly cylindrical container, forty percent (40%) of the product of the height of the container times the circumference; or (3-15-22) c. In the case of any other shaped container, forty percent (40%) 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 must consist of the entire such surface. (3-15-22) d. Determination of the principal display panel excludes tops, bottoms, flanges at tops and bottoms o f cans, and shoulders and necks of bottles or jars. (3-15-22) 08. Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters. The height of any letter or number in the require d quantity declaration must be not less than that shown in Subsection 200.10, Table 1 with respect to the square-inch area of the panel, and the height of each number of a common fraction must meet one-half (1/2) the minimum heigh t standards. (3-15-22) 09. Numbers and Letters -- Proportion. No number or letter may be more than three (3) times as hig h as it is wide. (3-15-22) 10. Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters -- Table 1. Minimum Height: Label Information Square-inch Area of Minimum Height of Blown, Formed, or Molded on Surface of Principal Display Panel Numbers and Letters Container 5 square inches and less 1/16 inch 1/8 inch Greater than 5 square inches and not inch 3/16 inch greater than 25 square inches. Greater than 25 square inches and not 3/16 inch 1/4 inch greater than 100 square inches. Greater than 100 square inches and 1/4 inch 5/16 inch not greater than 400 square inches. Greater than 400 square inches. 1/2 inch 9/16 inch (3-15-22) 201. -- 209. (RESERVED)