Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulations promulgated pursuant to it, a random or standard package kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale must bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration of:
(1) identity of the commodity in the package, unless it easily may be identified through the wrapper or container;
(2) quantity of contents in terms of weight, measure, or count;
(3) name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor for a package kept, offered, or exposed for sale in a place other than on the premises where packed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-163; 1971 (57) 241; 1994 Act No. 501, Section 2, eff August 25, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1994 amendment substituted "a random or standard package" for "any package", changed designators (a)-(c) to (1)-(3), and made grammatical changes.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 9 - Weights And Measures
Section 39-9-30. Certain weighing devices are subject to standards and inspection.
Section 39-9-50. State's primary standards; verification of secondary standards.
Section 39-9-62. Requirements for packaging and labeling of commodities.
Section 39-9-64. Requirements for method of sale of commodities.
Section 39-9-66. Requirements for type evaluation.
Section 39-9-70. Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture.
Section 39-9-80. Inspection and testing of moisture meters.
Section 39-9-90. Powers of Commissioner of Agriculture.
Section 39-9-100. Powers and duties of county and municipal weights and measures officials.
Section 39-9-110. Selling less or taking more than quantity represented prohibited.
Section 39-9-120. Misrepresentation of price prohibited; display of price.
Section 39-9-130. Standard cord-equivalent weights for pulpwood.
Section 39-9-140. Measures by which commodities are sold.
Section 39-9-160. Information on packages.
Section 39-9-170. Situation in which package must show price per single unit of weight.
Section 39-9-180. Declaration of quantity required in advertisement stating retail price.
Section 39-9-190. Sale of leaf tobacco; weights and measures in auction warehouse.
Section 39-9-200. Unlawful acts.
Section 39-9-203. Civil penalties; civil action to recovery penalty.
Section 39-9-206. Administrative hearing before assessment of a civil penalty; amount of penalty.
Section 39-9-208. Unlawful acts; criminal penalties.
Section 39-9-210. Restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions.
Section 39-9-220. Presumption as to use of weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device.