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Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDSPart II - Packaging and LabelingChapter 23 - CONSUMER PACKAGES, COMMODITIES AND CONTAINERSSubchapter A - DECLARATIONS OF QUANTITY AND IDENTITY IN GENERAL
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Section 23.23 - Type size in principal display panel

70 Pa. Code § 23.23

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 23.23 - Type size in principal display panel
(a)Minimum height of numbers and letters. The height of a letter or number in the required quantity declaration may not be less than that shown in the following Table I with respect to the area of the panel in square inches, and the height of each number of a common fraction shall meet 1/2 the minimum height standards:

TABLE I

Minimum Height of Numbers and Letters

Area of principal display panel (in square inches)Minimum height of numbers and letters (in inches)Minimum height of label information blown, formed, or molded on surface of container (in inches)
Five and less1/161/8
Greater than five but not greater than 251/83/16
Greater than 25 but not greater than 1003/161/4
Greater than 100 but not greater than 4001/45/16
Greater than 4001/29/16

(b)Numbers and letters-proportion. No number or letter may be more than three times as high as it is wide.

70 Pa. Code § 23.23

The provisions of this § 23.23 adopted October 21, 1970, effective 10/22/1970, 1 Pa.B. 44.

This section cited in 70 Pa. Code § 27.7 (relating to cigarettes and small cigars); 70 Pa. Code § 27.8 (relating to labeling required by Federal law); and 70 Pa. Code § 27.19 (relating to combination packages).