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Packaging Act.

Country/Territory
Papua New Guinea
Document type
Legislation
Date
1974 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006.
Long title
Being an Act relating to the packing of, and to the marking of packages in which, certain articles are sold and the sale of those articles, and for related purposes.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act provides rules for the packaging and marking of goods, including food, fish and beverages, and the approval of brands. The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, exempt on such terms and conditions as he thinks proper, any article or class of article, from all or any of the provisions of this Act (sect. 5). Sections 7 to 10 concern the approval of brands by the Minister. Sections 11 to 21 provide rules for packing of articles. These rules do not apply to or in relation to an article that is, otherwise than at the request of the purchaser, weighed or measured before or at the time of sale in the presence of the purchaser. The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, appoint a day in respect of a prescribed article. A packer who packs the article otherwise than in the denomination of the weight or measure prescribed in relation to a prescribed article is guilty of an offence (sect. 13). A person who sells an article that was packed in contravention of Part IV is guilty of an offence unless the sale of the article is authorized by a permit (sect. 22). The Minister may issue, under section 24, a permit for the sale of articles that do not comply with the rules mentioned above. (31 sections)

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Packaging Regulation 1975.

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 1975 (2006)

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Independent Consumer and Competition Commission Act 2002.

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 2002

Keyword: Institution, Consumer protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX