Available Display Surface

Available Display Surface means

  • a) the bottom of an ornamental container or the total surface area of both sides of a tag attached to the ornamental container, whichever is greater
  • b) the total surface area of both sides of a tag attached to a package to which a label cannot be physically applied or on which information cannot be legibly set out and easily viewed by the purchaser or consumer under the customary conditions of purchase, and
  • c) total surface area of any other package, excluding the bottom if the contents of the package leak out or are damaged when the package is turned over

but does not include:

  • d) any area of a package on which a label cannot be physically applied or on which information cannot be legibly set out and easily viewed by the purchaser or consumer under the customary conditions of purchase,
  • e) any part of a package that is intended to be destroyed when it is opened, other than a package of a food that is intended to be consumed by one person at a single eating occasion, or
  • f) the area occupied by the universal product code (UPC). [B.01.001]

Regardless of the type of food product to be labelled, the first step in determining the appropriate size, shape and configuration of a Nutrition Facts table depends on accurately determining the available display surface of the product's packaging.

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