# Rules, Regulations, Statements of General Policy or Interpretation and Exemptions Under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
> **US Federal Trade Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2015-11-17 · Effective 2015-12-17 · 80 FR 71686
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-28918
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Federal Trade Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 71686
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 500
- **Publication date:** 2015-11-17
- **Effective date:** 2015-12-17
## Abstract

The Commission amends the rules and regulations promulgated under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act ("Rules") to: Modernize the place-of-business listing requirement; incorporate a more comprehensive metric chart; address the use of exponents with customary inch/pound measurements; delete outdated prohibitions on retail price sales representations; and acknowledge the role of the weights-and-measures laws of individual states.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/17/2015-28918/rules-regulations-statements-of-general-policy-or-interpretation-and-exemptions-under-the-fair)
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