15 U.S.C. § 1451 — Congressional declaration of policy

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-755 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 65 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress states that informed consumers and accurate package information support a fair and efficient free market. It therefore adopts a policy of helping consumers and manufacturers provide quantity information and make value comparisons.

Informed consumers are necessary for a free market economy to work fairly and efficiently. Packages and labels should give consumers accurate information about how much they contain and help consumers compare values. Congress therefore adopts a policy of helping consumers and manufacturers meet these goals when consumer goods are marketed.

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Informed consumers are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a free market economy. Packages and their labels should enable consumers to obtain accurate information as to the quantity of the contents and should facilitate value comparisons. Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to assist consumers and manufacturers in reaching these goals in the marketing of consumer goods.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–755, § 2, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1296.)

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1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-755 · 80 Stat. 1296

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