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One, size stops being a lever Two, splitting changes the answer Three, the container becomes a declared quantity And a multipack is a question Our shelf is indifferent to all of it Which is a relief rather than a constraint Then count Contrast the edibles rule deliberately Two rules, one catalog, opposite shapes A concentration limit and a per-container limit can coexist Which is why the shape has to be read each time And the caveat still stands References

Count the packages, not the millilitres.

One, size stops being a lever

On a concentration limit you dilute. On a volume limit you choose a smaller container. On a per-container limit neither moves the number.

Two, splitting changes the answer

The same quantity across two containers is two ceilings. Which means the fill decision and the pack-out decision are the same decision.

Three, the container becomes a declared quantity

Not a vessel whose size is incidental. How many you fill is part of what you have made, which is unusual for packaging.

And a multipack is a question

Whether a multipack is one container or several is the kind of thing that has to be established rather than assumed, and it is not established on this page.

Our shelf is indifferent to all of it

30 to 473 mL, median 177. Every size here carries the same per-container ceiling, so the size choice reverts to being about the product.

Which is a relief rather than a constraint

Pick the container that suits the contents, the fill and the headspace. The limit does not reward or punish that choice.

Then count

The arithmetic that remains is how many containers a batch becomes, which is a production number rather than a packaging one.

Contrast the edibles rule deliberately

There, 200 percent of a reference amount made the container size decide what the label may declare, and two adjacent sizes behaved differently. Here adjacent sizes behave identically.

Two rules, one catalog, opposite shapes

Which is the reason to learn the shape of a rule before shopping for a container. The shelf cannot tell you which kind you are under.

A concentration limit and a per-container limit can coexist

The hemp definition sets 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis and the pending amendment adds a per-container figure. One is diluted and the other is counted, and a product has to satisfy both constructions at once.

Which is why the shape has to be read each time

Two numbers in the same statute measured two different ways. Treating them as one kind of limit gets one of them wrong.

And the caveat still stands

Pending amendment, inside a definition, concerning hemp-derived cannabinoid products. The mechanism transfers; the applicability does not.

References

7 U.S.C. 1639o as amended by Pub. L. 119-37, division B, title VII, section 781. Inside the definition of "hemp-derived cannabinoid product", an exclusion at (iv) for "any final hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing--" includes a limb reading "(III) greater than 0.4 milligrams combined total per container of-- (aa) total tetrahydrocannabinols (including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid)", followed by a further limb covering other cannabinoids with similar effects. This is a pending amendment: the effective-date note reads "the amendment made by section 781(1) and (2) is effective 365 days after the enactment of Pub. L. 119-37, which was approved Nov. 12, 2025." It sits in a definition, not in a packaging regulation, and it concerns hemp-derived cannabinoid products rather than state-licensed cannabis. law.cornell.edu

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 357 rows: 97 containers and 260 closures, which are the same rows the edibles and adjacent botanicals groups return. 30 to 473 mL with a median of 177: 23 at 237 mL, 21 at 118, 17 at 59, 13 at 473, 6 at 177, 6 at 355, 3 at 30, and nothing below 30. 66 PP and 31 glass, with no PET, HDPE or metal. 78 jars, 12 tubs and pails, 6 bottles, 1 tube. 29 white, 24 natural, 19 clear, 11 black, 8 amber, 4 frosted, 2 blue. Necks: 24 at 89-400, 20 at 70-400, 14 at 58-400, 9 at 53-400, 13 unrecorded. Height is recorded on 95 of 97 containers and runs 1.25 to 6.59 inches with a median of 2.64; diameter is recorded on 92 and runs 1.25 to 4.63 with a median of 2.81. Only 10 containers are taller than one and a half times their diameter, 6 are 4 inches or taller and 5 are 4.5 or taller. 33 of 97 are full case only, with case packs from 72 to 1,000.

Written from 7 U.S.C. 1639o, including the pending amendment made by Pub. L. 119-37 division B title VII section 781, and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. The per-container figure quoted here sits inside a definition of hemp-derived cannabinoid product as an exclusion, it comes from a pending amendment in a fast-moving area, and it is not a packaging regulation. It says nothing about what a state-licensed cannabis product may contain. Check the current text before relying on any of it. Our smallest container in this group is 30 mL, which is several times what a gram of concentrate needs.