202 CMR, § 3.02

Current through Register 1538, January 3, 2025
Section 3.02 - Application

202 CMR 3.00 shall apply to packages and to commodities in package form, but shall not apply to:

(1) inner wrappings not intended to be individually sold to the customer,
(2) shipping containers or wrapping used solely for the transportation of any commodities in bulk or in quantity to manufacturers, packers, or processors, or to wholesale or retail distributors, but in no event shall this exclusion apply to packages of consumer or Non-consumer commodities, as defined here in,
(3) auxiliary containers or outer wrappings used to deliver packages of such commodities to retail customers if such containers or wrappings bear no printed matter pertaining to any particular commodity,
(4) containers used for retail tray pack displays when the container itself is not intended to be sold (e.g., the tray that is used to display individual envelopes of seasonings, gravies, etc. and the tray itself is not intended to be sold),
(5) commodities put up in variable weights and sizes for sale intact and intended to be either weighed or measured at the time of sale, where no package quantities are represented, and where the method of sale is clearly indicated in close proximity to the quantity being sold, or
(6) open carriers and transparent wrappers or carriers for containers when the wrappers or carriers do not bear any written, printed, or graphic matter obscuring the label information required by 202 CMR 3.00.

202 CMR, § 3.02