SECTIONS 12655-12656 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 12655-12656

12655. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the unit
pricing of all canned, bottled, and packaged foods, packaged produce,
and bakery goods; paper, plastic, wood, and metal products packaged
in counts greater than 10; rolled paper, plastic, and metal products;
canned, bottled, and packaged domestic, laundry and household
cleansing, finishing, waxing, and polishing products; drug and first
aid products canned, packaged, or bottled in counts greater than 10;
and frozen fruits and vegetables, offered by merchants in their
places of business for sale at retail to the public. The Legislature
finds that unit pricing, the price per ounce, per pound, per gallon,
or the metric equivalent thereof, or per 100 square feet, or per 100
count, for which those items are offered for sale at retail,
effectively informs the consumer of the comparative prices and values
of commodities, and is thus useful for the formulation of
intelligent consumer choices. Reconstituted fluid ounce is the
preferred unit of measure for unit pricing of powdered and
concentrated infant formula.

12656. The department, in cooperation with the retail food
industry, shall adopt a standardized format for unit pricing that
shall be available to a retailer upon request. The format shall
include, but not be limited to, an identification of the item,
including the brand name, the total price of the item, the volume,
weight, or number of units of which the item is composed, and the
price per unit. For infant formula, unit price information may be
expressed based on the reconstituted volume.