Declaring Net Contents

PURPOSE: This rule standardizes packaging and labeling of contents consistent with the Association of American Feed Control Officials and other states. (1) The listing of net contents shall be last on the principal display panel of a pet food container. The listing of net contents in all other regards, i.e., style of lettering, color contrast, free area, parallel quantity, calculation of area of principal display panel for purposes of type size, minimum height of numbers and letters, and numbers and letters proportion, shall comply with 2 CSR 90-22.140 of the Missouri Law Governing Weights and Measures and Weighting and Measuring Devices. AUTHORITY: section 266.195, RSMo (Supp. 1995).* Original rule filed Aug. 16, 1976, effective Nov. 11, 1976. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Oct. 20, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. *Original authority 1972, amended 1993, 1995.