(225 ILCS 470/24) (from Ch. 147, par. 124)
Sec. 24.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any commodity in
package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received
in intrastate commerce or kept, offered or exposed for sale in
intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite,
plain and conspicuous declaration of (1) the identity of the commodity
in the package, (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight,
measure or count, and (3) in the case of any package kept, offered or
exposed for sale, or sold elsewhere than on the premises where packed,
the name and place of business of the manufacturer, the packer, or
the distributor as may be prescribed by regulation issued by the Director.
In relation to such declaration of net quantity, neither the qualifying
term "when packed" or any words of similar import, nor any term
qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count which exaggerates the
amount of commodity in a package, shall be used. Any package that is
introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate
commerce or kept, offered, or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce may be
opened for inspection without cost to the Department for the purpose of
determining the net contents. All opened products shall remain at the point of
inspection. Also in relation to
such declaration of net quantity, the Director shall by regulation
establish (a) reasonable variations to be allowed, which may include
variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and
customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into
intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good
distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or
measure, (b) exemptions as to small packages, and (c) exemptions as to
commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and
either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed
or measured at time of sale to the consumer.
(Source: P.A. 92-676, eff. 7-16-02.)
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