1997 Minnesota Statutes

     24.135 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.  As used in sections 24.131 to 24.175, the 
 terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.  

    Subd. 2.  "Paint" means any mixture of a pigment and some 
 suitable liquid which will form a solid, adherent, protective or 
 decorative covering when spread upon a surface.  It includes 
 liquid, semipaste and solid substances or any mixture of such 
 substances.  The term "paint" includes enamels, lacquers, water 
 paints and any substitute for these products but does not 
 include artist's colors, waxes, wood fillers, polishes, stains, 
 plaster, stucco and waterproofing compounds.  

    Subd. 3.  "Varnish" means any liquid or semiliquid 
 substance or mixture of substances, or any liquid or semiliquid 
 solution or suspension of substances intended for use as a 
 protective or decorative or impregnating coating when spread 
 upon a surface.  The term "varnish" does not include artist's 
 varnishes, waxes, polishes, and stains.  

    Subd. 4.  "Solvent" means any volatile liquid or mixture of 
 volatile liquids, including but not limited to turpentine, 
 intended for use in, or with, any paint or varnish.  

    Subd. 5.  "Paint oil" means any oil, or mixture of oils and 
 other liquids used or intended for use in paint.  

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 8.  "Label" means the written, printed or graphic 
 matter on the immediate container of the article or on the 
 article itself and also on the outside container or wrapper, if 
 any there be, of the individual consumer package of such article.

    Subd. 9.  "Labeling" means all labels and other written, 
 printed or graphic matter, (1) upon any article or any of its 
 containers or wrappers, (2) accompanying such article, or (3) to 
 which reference is made on the label or literature accompanying 
 such article.  

    Subd. 10.  "Adulterated" means any paint, varnish, paint 
 oil or solvent if its strength or purity falls below the 
 professed standards of composition under which it is sold, if 
 any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the 
 article, or if any valuable constituent of the article has been 
 wholly or in part abstracted.  

    Subd. 11.  "Misbranded" means any paint, varnish, paint oil 
 or solvent if:  (1) its labeling bears any statement, design, or 
 graphic representation relative to the article or its 
 ingredients, which is false or misleading in any particular; or 
 (2) if the label accompanying the article does not contain 
 adequate instructions for use; or (3) if it be an imitation or 
 offered for sale under the name of another article; or (4) if 
 its label fails to bear the ingredient statement plainly and 
 correctly.  "Misbranded" also means any paint, varnish, paint 
 oil or solvent if the label does not specify the general purpose 
 for which the product is intended.  

    Subd. 12.  "Ingredient statement" means a statement of the 
 chemical name and percentage by weight of each ingredient.  

    Subd. 13.  "Professed standards" means the strength, 
 purity, or representation of composition under which the product 
 is sold.  

    HIST: 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 231 s 2