New Jersey Statutes 24:8-2. Labeling containers of caustic acids and alkalies intended for household use
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:8-2
- container: means wrapper, case, basket, hamper, can, bottle, jar, tube, cask, vessel, tub, firkin, keg, jug, barrel, or other receptacles, but the word, "package" shall not include open containers which permit a visual and physical inspection by the purchaser at retail, nor bags and other receptacles which are filled in the presence of the purchaser at retail. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No person shall give away, sell, barter, exchange, or offer for sale, at wholesale or retail, any caustic acids or caustic alkalies or preparations containing such acids or alkalies, intended for household use, without affixing to the package or container containing the same, a label printed or plainly written, containing:
a. The name of the article;
b. The name and place of business of the manufacturer, seller, or distributor;
c. The word “Poison” running parallel with the main body of the reading matter on the label, placed on a clear plain background of a distinctly contrasting color, in uncondensed Gothic capital letters, not less than 24-point in size, unless there is on the label no other type as large, in which event the type shall not be smaller than the largest type on the label; and
d. Directions for treatment in case of accidental personal injury from any such acid or alkali, together with the names of two readily obtainable antidotes.