15 USC § 1461 - Effect upon State law

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1461"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1461 - Effect upon State law"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1461"
section_name: "Effect upon State law"
chapter_number: 39
chapter_name: "FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–755, § 12, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1302.)"
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# § 1461. Effect upon State law

section 1453 of this title

It is hereby declared that it is the express intent of Congress to supersede any and all laws of the States or political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter provide for the labeling of the net quantity of contents of the package of any consumer commodity covered by this chapter which are less stringent than or require information different from the requirements of  or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–755, § 12, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1302.)