§902.  Mislabeling of fresh fruits and vegetables prohibited

A.  No person shall mislabel any fresh fruit or vegetable, or place or have any false or misleading statement or designation of quality, grade, trade-marks, trade-name, area of production or place of origin on any wrapper or container, or on the label or lining of any container of any fresh fruit or vegetable, or on any placard used in connection with or having reference to any fresh fruit or vegetable or container, bulk lot, bulk load, load, arrangement, or display of fresh fruits or vegetables.

B.  Unless there is deception as to contents, quality, or area of production, nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the obliteration of old markings or labels on used containers which are not closed, where such marking or labels are clearly inapplicable to the contents, or of old markings or labels on unlidded containers in which the product is not packed.

Acts 1978, No. 242, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8A, eff. June 12, 2009.