Ohio Code § 1327.57
Ohio Code § 1327.57. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1327.57.
(A) Except as otherwise provided by law, any consumer package or commodity in package
form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce
or sold in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite,
plain, and conspicuous declaration, as may be prescribed by rule adopted by the director
of agriculture, of any of the following, as applicable: (1) The identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified
through the wrapper or container; (2) The net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or count; (3) In the case of any package sold at any place other than on the premises where packed,
the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. This section does not apply to beer or intoxicating liquor as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code , or packages thereof, or to malt or brewer's wort, or packages thereof. (B) Under division (A)(2) of this section, neither the qualifying term “when packed”
or any words of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure,
or count that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package, shall be used. (C) In addition to the declarations required by division (A) of this section, any package
or commodity in package form, if the package is one of a lot containing random weights,
measures, or counts of the same commodity and bears the total selling price of the
package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration
of the price per single unit of weight, measure, or count. (D) No package or commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a
container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity
of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below
any reasonable standard of fill that may have been prescribed for the commodity in
question by the director.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1327.57
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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