ORS 618.211
Labeling of packaged commodities

  • use of labeling terms restricted
  • scope of rules

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, any commodity in package form introduced, delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce and sold, offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package definite, plain and conspicuous declarations of:

(a)

The identity of the commodity in the package, unless it is visible through the wrapper;

(b)

The net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or count; and

(c)

In the case of any package sold, offered or exposed for sale in any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor, as may be prescribed by rule.

(2)

In connection with the requirements of subsection (1)(b) 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 such as “jumbo,” “giant” or “full” that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package shall be used.

(3)

In connection with the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture by rule may establish:

(a)

Reasonable variations to be allowed, including variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure, only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure. However, such variations may not be permitted to the extent that the average of the quantities in the packages comprising a shipment, display or other lot is below the quantity stated, and no unreasonable shortage in any package shall be permitted even though overages in other packages in the same shipment, display or lot compensate for such shortage;

(b)

Exemptions for small packages; and

(c)

Exemptions for commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at time of sale to the consumer. [1973 c.293 §22; 2005 c.22 §432]

Source: Section 618.211 — Labeling of packaged commodities; use of labeling terms restricted; scope of rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

See annotations under ORS 618.160 in permanent edition.

618.010
Definitions 618.016
Policy 618.021
Duties of director 618.026
Delegation of duties and powers of department and director 618.031
Rulemaking authority 618.036
Establishing weights and measures system 618.041
Standards for weights and measures system 618.046
Secondary standards 618.051
Specifications and tolerances of commercial weights and measures 618.056
Testing and inspecting weights and measures offered for sale or used commercially 618.061
Testing weights and measures at institutions supported by state funds 618.066
Department investigation of alleged weights and measures law violations 618.071
Inspection and investigation authority of department 618.076
Approving use of weights and measures 618.081
Owners of weights and measures required to correct deficiencies 618.086
Orders restricting distribution of weights and measures 618.091
Security seal to be attached to weights and measures devices 618.096
Prohibited acts involving commercial weights and measures 618.101
Evidentiary presumptions regarding weights and measures law 618.115
Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments 618.121
License required for commercially operated weighing or measuring instrument 618.126
Exemptions from licensing requirement 618.131
Weights and measures licenses in addition to other licenses 618.136
Establishing license fees 618.141
Maximum license fees 618.146
Term of licenses 618.151
Commercial use of unlicensed weighing or measuring instrument prohibited 618.156
Forms, certificates and identification tags 618.161
Notice of violation to owner or operator of unlicensed weighing or measuring instrument 618.201
Sampling of packages and commodities 618.206
Manner of selling commodities 618.211
Labeling of packaged commodities 618.216
Cost per unit labeling requirements 618.221
Restriction on manner of packaging commodities 618.226
Commodity price and quantity advertising requirements 618.231
“Weight” defined 618.236
Price misrepresentation prohibited 618.241
Written invoice of certain commodity sales required 618.246
Sale by weight required for certain food products 618.275
Testing and inspection of scales 618.406
Definitions 618.501
Definitions 618.506
Enjoining security seal violations 618.511
Remedial power of court 618.516
Civil action by private party 618.521
Investigative demand 618.526
Method of serving investigative demand 618.531
Effect of failure to obey investigative demand 618.541
Loss of license for operation in violation of injunction 618.546
Reports by district attorney to Attorney General 618.551
Remedies supplementary to existing statutory or common law remedies 618.991
Penalties 618.995
Civil penalties

Current through early 2026

§ 618.211. Labeling of packaged commodities's source at oregon​.gov