(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(2) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of ‘40120 of this Act;

(3) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food;

(4) If it is an imitation of another food unless its label bears in type of uniform size and prominence the word, imitation, and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated;
(5) If its container is so made, formed or filled as to be misleading; (6) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing (i) the name
and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor; (ii) an

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accurate statement of the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical count, which statement shall be separately and accurately stated in a uniform location upon the principal display panel of the label; provided, that under clause (ii) of this Paragraph reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established by regulations prescribed by the Director;
(7) If any word, statement or other information required by or under authority of this Act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;
(8) If it purports to be or is represented as food for which a definition and standard of identity has been prescribed by regulations as provided by
‘40118, unless (i) it conforms to such definition and standard, and (ii) its
label bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standards, and, insofar as may be required by such regulations, the common names of optional ingredients (other than spices, flavoring and coloring) present in such food;
(9) If it purports to be or is represented as: (i) a food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed by regulations as provided by
‘40108, and its quality falls below such standard, unless its label bears, in
such manner and form as regulations specify, a statement that it falls below such standard; or (ii) a food for which a standard or standards of fill of
container have been prescribed by regulation as provided by ‘40108, and it
falls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto, unless its label bears, in such manner and form as such regulations specify, a statement that it falls below such standard;
(10) If it is not subject to the provisions of Paragraph (8) of this Section unless it bears labeling clearly giving (i) the common or usual name of the food, if any there be and (ii) in case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings and colorings, other than those sold as such may be designated as spices, flavorings and colorings, without naming each; provided, that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of clause (ii) of this Paragraph is impractical or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Director;

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(11) If it purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, unless its labels bears such information concerning its vitamin, mineral and other dietary properties as the Director determines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in order to fully inform purchasers as to its value for such uses;
(12) If it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, coloring or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact; provided, that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this Paragraph is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Director. The provisions of this Paragraph and Paragraphs (8) and (10) with respect to artificial coloring do not apply to butter, cheese or ice cream. The provisions of the paragraph with respect to chemical preservatives do not apply to a pesticide chemical when used in or on a raw agricultural commodity which is the produce of the soil;

(13) If it is a raw agricultural commodity bearing or containing a pesticide chemical applied after harvest, unless the shipping container of such commodity bears labeling which declares the presence of such chemical in or on such commodity and the common or usual name and the function of such chemical; provided, however, that no such declaration shall be required while such commodity, having been removed from the shipping container, is being held or displayed for sale at retail out of such container in accordance with the custom of the trade;

(14) If it is a product intended as an ingredient of another food and when used according to the directions of the purveyor will result in the final food product being adulterated or misbranded; or

(15) If it is a color additive unless its packaging and labeling requirements applicable to such color additive prescribed under the provisions of the Federal Act.

(16) If any locally packaged and/or processed food bears no calendar date indicating the pack date” written in English and which is easily legible and visible to the consumer.

SOURCE: GC § 9720.9, as amended by P.L. 14-17.