Packaging and labeling: containers: slack fill.

Existing law, known as the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, prohibits a commodities container, or a food container subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) from being made, formed, or filled as to be misleading and provides that a container that does not allow a consumer to fully view its contents is misleading if it contains nonfunctional slack fill. Existing law provides that nonfunctional slack fill is the empty space in a package that is filled to substantially less than its capacity for other than specified reasons. Existing law specifies 15 reasons a commodities container, and 6 reasons a food container subject to the FDCA, may contain slack fill without violating…