[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1.20]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 1_GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_General Labeling Requirements
 
Sec.  1.20  Presence of mandatory label information.


    The term package means any container or wrapping in which any food, 
drug, device, or cosmetic is enclosed for use in the delivery or display 
of such commodities to retail purchasers, but does not include:
    (a) Shipping containers or wrappings used solely for the 
transportation of any such commodity in bulk or in quantity to 
manufacturers, packers, processors, or wholesale or retail distributors;
    (b) Shipping containers or outer wrappings used by retailers to ship 
or deliver any such commodity to retail

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customers if such containers and wrappings bear no printed matter 
pertaining to any particular commodity; or
    (c) Containers subject to the provisions of the Act of August 3, 
1912 (37 Stat. 250, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 231-233), the Act of March 4, 
1915 (38 Stat. 1186, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 234-236), the Act of August 
31, 1916 (39 Stat. 673, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 251-256), or the Act of 
May 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 635, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 257-257i).
    (d) Containers used for tray pack displays in retail establishments.
    (e) Transparent wrappers or containers which do not bear written, 
printed, or graphic matter obscuring the label information required by 
this part.


A requirement contained in this part that any word, statement, or other 
information appear on the label shall not be considered to be complied 
with unless such word, statement, or information also appears on the 
outer container or wrapper of the retail package of the article, or, as 
stated in paragraph (e) of this section, such information is easily 
legible by virtue of the transparency of the outer wrapper or container. 
Where a consumer commodity is marketed in a multiunit retail package 
bearing the mandatory label information as required by this part and the 
unit containers are not intended to be sold separately, the net weight 
placement requirement of Sec.  101.105(f) applicable to such unit 
containers is waived if the units are in compliance with all the other 
requirements of this part.