A. “Commodity in package form” means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale. An individual item or lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure, shall be construed to be a commodity in package form. Where the term “package” is used in this chapter, it shall mean “commodity in package form” as herein defined.

B. “Intrastate commerce” means any and all commerce or trade that is begun, carried on and completed wholly within the limits of the state; and the phrase “introduced into intrastate commerce” shall be construed to define the time and place at which the first sale and delivery of a commodity is made within the state, the delivery being made either directly to the purchaser or to a common carrier for shipment to the purchaser.

C. “Consumer package (package of consumer commodity)” means a commodity in package form that is customarily produced or distributed for sale through sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption or use by individuals.

D. “Nonconsumer package (package of nonconsumer commodity)” means any commodity in package form other than a consumer package, and particularly a package intended solely for industrial or institutional use or for wholesale distribution.

E. “Label” means any written, printed, or graphic matter affixed to, applied to, attached to, blown into, formed, molded into, embossed on, or appearing upon or adjacent to a consumer commodity or a package containing any consumer commodity, for purposes of branding, identifying, or giving any information with respect to the commodity or to the contents of the package, except that an inspector’s tag or other nonpromotional matter affixed to or appearing upon a consumer commodity shall not be considered a label requiring the repetition of label information.

F. “Random package” means a package that is one of a lot, shipment, or delivery of packages of the same commodity with various weights; that is, packages of the same commodity with no fixed pattern of weight.

G. “Multi-unit package” means a package containing two or more individual packages of the same commodity, in the same quantity, intended to be sold as a multi-unit package, but where the component packages are labeled individually in full compliance with all requirements.

H. “Combination package” means a package intended for retail sale, containing two or more individual packages or units of dissimilar commodities.

I. “Variety package” means a package intended for retail sale, containing two or more individual packages or units of similar, but not identical, commodities. Commodities that are generically the same, but that differ in weight, measure, volume, appearance, or quality, are considered similar but not identical. (Ord. 2114-95 § 2(D), 1995.)