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[86 STAT. 1209]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1209]

86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-573-OCT. 27, 1972

products (as defined in sections 4(e) and (f) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act), meat, meat food products (as defined in section l (j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act), and eggs and egg products (as defined in section 4 of the E g g Products Inspection Act). See sections 30(d) and 31 of this Act, for limitations on Commission's authority to regulate certain consumer products. (2) The term "consumer product safety rule" means a consumer products safety standard described in section 7(a), or a rule under this Act declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product, (3) The term "risk of injury" means a risk of death, personal injury, or serious or frequent illness. (4) The term "manufacturer" means any person who manufactures or imports a consumer product. (5) The term "distributor" means a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of distribution in commerce, except that such term does not include a manufacturer or retailer of such product. (6) The term "retailer" means a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of sale or distribution by such person to a consumer. (7)(A) The term "private labeler" means an owner of a brand or trademark on the label of a consumer product which bears a private label. (B) A consumer product bears a private label if (i) the product (or its container) is labeled with the brand or trademark of a person other than a manufacturer of the product, (ii) the person with whose brand or trademark the product (or container) is labeled has authorized or caused the product to be so labeled, and (iii) the brand or trademark of a manufacturer of such product does not appear on such label. (8) The term "manufactured" means to manufacture, produce, or assemble. (9) The term "Commission" means the Consumer Product Safety Commission, established by section 4. (10) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Wake Island, Midway Island, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (11) The terms "to distribute in commerce" and "distribution in commerce" mean to sell in commerce, to introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce, or to hold for sale or distribution after introduction into commerce. (12) The term "commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, or transportation— (A) between a pla<ce in a State and any place outside thereof, or (B^ which affects trade, traffic, commerce, or transportation described in subparagraph (A). (13) The terms "import" and "importation" include reimporting a consumer product manufactured or processed, in whole or in part, in the United States. (14) The term "United States", when used in the geographic sense, means all of the States (as defined in paragraph (10)). (b) A common carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder shall not, for purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a manufacturer, distrib-

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