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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in ORS 632.450 to 632.485:
(1) “Horticultural products” means all horticultural products, including nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005, except horticultural products that are canned, bottled, frozen, dried, candied or brined.
(2) “Container” means the box, crate, lug, chest, basket, carton, barrel, keg, drum, sack, hamper, bag, bin, tray, bucket or other receptacle, whether open or closed, used by any person in transporting horticultural products, or in which such products are offered for sale.
(3) “Stamp,” “mark” or “label plainly” means placing the information required by ORS 632.450 to 632.485 on the container in legible letters or figures of not less than three-eighths inch in height and not less than three-sixteenths inch in width, by means of a rubber stamp, stencil, printing by machine, or by attaching to the package by means of glue or paste, a machine-printed label. Such marks, and the location thereof, shall conform to the rules and regulations established by the State Department of Agriculture when promulgating grades for horticultural products.
(4) “Deceptive pack” means any arrangement of horticultural products which has in the outer layer or any exposed surface horticultural products which are so superior in quality, size, condition or in any other respect to those in the interior of the lot or the unexposed portion as to materially misrepresent the contents of the lot. A deceptive pack also means a container slackly filled so as to deceive the purchaser in regard to the total contents, or a container which has had a portion of the original contents removed and then offered for sale as a full pack.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Food and Other Commodities: Purity, Sanitation, Grades, Standards, Labels, Weights and Measures § 632.450 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-49-food-and-other-commodities-purity-sanitation-grades-standards-labels-weights-and-measures/or-rev-st-sect-632-450/
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