11 AAC 32.050. Label required

(a) Except as provided in 11 AAC 32.080, each container of potatoes sold, offered, or displayed for sale for general consumption must be conspicuously and legibly labeled in the English language to show the following information:

(1) common name of the product, unless the container is transparent and the product is easily and readily identifiable through the container;

(2) name and address, including zip code, of the grower or packer;

(3) net weight; and

(4) grade of potatoes, in letters not less than one inch in height on containers holding 24 pounds or more, and in letters not less than one-half inch in height on containers holding less than 24 pounds.

(b) Potatoes represented as seed potatoes must, in addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, have attached to each container or display the applicable certification tag or identification issued by the official certification agency of the state or country of origin.

(1) product name;

(2) net weight of the product; and

(3) name and address, including zip code, of the grower or packer.

(d) All previously used labels on a used container must be completely removed or obliterated, but a permanently labeled used sack may be turned inside out.

(e) A firmly attached shipping tag may be used for labeling on plain or turned sacks.

History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 10/28/87, Register 104

Authority: AS 03.05.010

AS 03.05.030

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