Section 02.02.14.200 - PROMINENCE AND PLACEMENT - CONSUMER PACKAGES01.General. All information required to appear on a consumer package must appear thereon in the English language and be prominent, definite, and plain, and be conspicuous as to size and style of letters and numbers and as to color of letters and numbers in contrast to color of background. Any required information that is either in hand lettering or hand script must be entirely clear and equal to printing in legibility.02.Location. The declaration or declarations of quantity of the contents of a package must appear in the bottom thirty percent (30%) of the principal display panel or panels, except as otherwise provided in Subsection 220.07, Cylindrical Containers.03.Style of Type or Lettering. The declaration or declarations of quantity must be in such a style of type or lettering as to be boldly, clearly, and conspicuously presented with respect to other type, lettering, or graphic material on the package, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed or molded on a glass or plastic surface is permissible when all label information is blown, formed, or molded on the surface.04.Color Contrast. The declaration or declarations of quantity must be in a color that contrasts conspicuously with its background, except that a declaration of net quantity blown, formed, or molded on a glass or plastic surface is not required to be presented in a contrasting color if no required label information is on the surface in a contrasting color.05.Free Area. The area surrounding the quantity declaration must be free of printed information as follows:a. Above and below, by a space equal to at least the height of the lettering in the declaration: andb. To the left and right, by a space equal to twice the width of the letter "N" of the style and size of type used in the declaration.06.Parallel Quantity Declaration. The quantity declaration must be presented in such a manner as to be generally parallel to the declaration of identity and to the base on which the package rests as it is designed to be displayed.07.Calculation of Area of Principal Display Panel for Purposes of Type Size. The square-inch area of the principal display panel must be as follows: a. In the case of a rectangular container, one (1) entire side, which properly can be considered to be the principal display panel, the product of the height times the width of that side;b. In the case of a cylindrical or nearly cylindrical container, forty percent (40%) of the product of the height of the container times the circumference; orc. In the case of any other shaped container, forty percent (40%) of the total surface of the container, unless such container presents an obvious principal display panel (e.g., the top of a triangular or circular package of cheese, or the top of a can of shoe polish), the area must consist of the entire such surface.d. Determination of the principal display panel excludes tops, bottoms, flanges at tops and bottoms of cans, and shoulders and necks of bottles or jars.08.Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters. The height of any letter or number in the required quantity declaration must be not less than that shown in Subsection 200.10, Table 1 with respect to the square-inch area of the panel, and the height of each number of a common fraction must meet one-half (1/2) the minimum height standards.09.Numbers and Letters -- Proportion. No number or letter may be more than three (3) times as high as it is wide.10.Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters -- Table 1. Square-inch Area of Principal Display Panel | Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters | Minimum Height: Label Information Blown, Formed, or Molded on Surface of Container |
5 square inches and less | 1/16 inch | 1/8 inch |
Greater than 5 square inches and not greater than 25 square inches. | inch | 3/16 inch |
Greater than 25 square inches and not greater than 100 square inches. | 3/16 inch | 1/4 inch |
Greater than 100 square inches and not greater than 400 square inches. | 1/4 inch | 5/16 inch |
Greater than 400 square inches. | 1/2 inch | 9/16 inch |
Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.02.14.200