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manufacturing practice will be recognized. Variations fromstated quantity of contents shall not be unreasonably large.(3) The statement shall be placed on the principal displaypanel within the bottom 30 percent of the area of the panel inlines generally parallel to the base: Provided, that onpackages having a principal display panel of 5 square inchesor less, the requirement for placement within the bottom 30percent of the area of the label panel shall not apply whenthe statement meets the other requirements of this Subsection.In any case, the statement may appear in more than one line,The terms "net weight" or "net wt." shall be used when statingthe net quantity of contents in terms of weight, and the termnet contents" or "content" when stating the net quantity ofcontents in terms of fluid measure.(4) Where no general consumer usage to the contrary exists,the statement shall be in terms of liquid measure, if theproduct is liquid, or in terms of weight if the product issolid, semi-solid viscous or a mixture of solid and liquid.For example, a declaration of 3/4 pound avoirdupois weightshall be expressed as "Net Wt. 12 oz. except as provided forin Paragraph (5) of this Subsection for random weightpackages; a declaration of 1 1/2 pounds avoirdupois weightshall be expressed as "Net Wt. 24 oz. (1 1/2lbs.)" or "Net Wt.24 oz. (1.5 lbs.)."(5) On packages containing 1 pound or 1 pint and less than 4pounds or 1 gallon, the statement shall be expressed as a dualdeclaration both in ounces and (immediately thereafter inparenthesis) in pounds, with any remainder in terms of ouncesor common or decimal fraction of pound, or in the case ofliquid measure, in the largest whole units with any remainderin terms of fluid ounces or common or decimal fractions of thepint or quart, except that on random weight packages thestatement shall be expressed in terms of pounds and decimalfractions of the pound carried out to not more than twodecimal places, for packages over 1 pound, and for packageswhich do not exceed 1 pound the statement may be in decimalfractions of the pound in lieu of ounces.(6) The statement shall be in letters and numerals in typesize established in relationship to the area of the principaldisplay panel of the same package and shall be uniform for allpackages of substantially, the same size by complying with thefollowing type specifications:(A) Not less than one-sixteenth inch in height on packages,the principal display panel of which has an area of 5 squareinches or less;(B) Not less than one-eighth inch in height on packages,the principal display panel that has an area of more than 5but not more than 25 square inches;(C) Not less than three-sixteenths inch in height onpackages, the principal display panel of which has an area
of more than 25 but not more than 100 square inches.(D) Not less than one-quarter inch in height on packages,the principal display panel of which has an area of morethan 100 but not more than 400 square inches.(E) Not less than one-half inch in height on packages, theprincipal display panel of which has an area of more than400 square inches.(7) The ratio of height to width of letters and numeralsshall not exceed a differential of 3 units to 1 unit (no morethan 3 times as high as it is wide). Heights pertain to uppercase of capital letters. When upper and lower case or alllower case letters are used, it is the lower case letter "o"or its equivalent that shall meet the minimum standards. Whenfractions are used, each component numeral shall meet one-halfthe height in standards.(8) The statement shall appear as a distinct item on theprincipal display panel and shall be separated by a space atleast equal to the height of the lettering used in thestatement from other printed label information appearing aboveor below that statement and by a space at least equal to twicethe width of the letter "N" of the style of type used in thequantity of contents statement from other printed labelinformation appearing to the left or right of the statement.It shall not include any term qualifying a unit of weight,measure, or count such as "jumbo quart," "full gallon," "giantquart," "when packed," "Minimum" or words of similar import.(9) The following exemptions from the requirements containedin this Subsection are hereby established.(A) Individually wrapped and labeled packages of less than1/2 ounce net weight that are in a shipping container, neednot bear a statement of net quantity of contents asspecified in this Subsection when the statement of netquantity of contents on the shipping container meets therequirements of this Subsection.(B) Random weight consumer size packages bearing labelsdeclaring net weight, price per pound, and total price,shall be exempt from the type size, dual declaration andplacement requirements of this Subsection, if an accuratestatement of net weight is shown conspicuously and on theprincipal display panel of the package.(10) Labels for containers that bear any representation as tothe number of servings contained therein shall bear,contiguous to the representation, and in the same size type asis used for the representation, a statement of the netquantity of each serving.(<strong>11</strong>) As used in this Section a "random weight package" is onethat is one of a lot, shipment, or delivery of packages of thesame product with varying weights and with no fixed weightpattern.(12) On a multiunit retail package, a statement of the net
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