As will permit

As the nature of the article will permit

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Three adverbs and a qualifier Legibly Indelibly Permanently And then the qualifier bends all three Which is a proportional standard The sharpest contrast is the cosmetic warning Same problem, opposite drafting Which is the useful lesson And the qualifier applies to the container too Which makes the surface a compliance variable Our shelf is 117 PET, 78 PP and 56 glass So the material choice is part of the marking decision References

Legibly, indelibly, and permanently. As far as the object allows.

Three adverbs and a qualifier

As legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article or container will permit.

Legibly

Readable by the ultimate purchaser the statute names, in English. Which is a function of size, contrast and the surface it sits on.

Indelibly

Not removable. Which rules out a mark that rubs off, and on a handled component that is most printing.

Permanently

Which is adjacent to indelibly and not the same. A mark can be indelible and sit on something that falls off.

And then the qualifier bends all three

As the nature of the article or container will permit. So a small article is held to what a small article allows.

Which is a proportional standard

And there are very few of them in this library. Most requirements here are a fixed figure or a fixed sentence.

The sharpest contrast is the cosmetic warning

The cannabis topicals property quotes a 1/16 inch minimum letter height that does not bend for a small package, where the only relief is petitioning for an amendment to the regulation.

Same problem, opposite drafting

One rule accommodates a small object by its own terms and the other does not accommodate it at all.

Which is the useful lesson

Read whether a standard has a proportionality clause before assuming either flexibility or rigidity.

And the qualifier applies to the container too

The nature of the article or container will permit. So a container marking is held to what that container allows.

Which makes the surface a compliance variable

A mark on glass and a mark on polypropylene are different marks with different permanence.

Our shelf is 117 PET, 78 PP and 56 glass

Three surfaces, three marking processes, and no metal or polyethylene at all.

So the material choice is part of the marking decision

Which is unusual, and it is why this property's shelf axis is the material mix.

References

19 U.S.C. 1304(a). Every article of foreign origin "(or its container, as provided in subsection (b)" must be marked "as legibly, indelibly, and permanently as the nature of the article (or container) will permit", and the marking must "indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the country of origin of the article." Among the exceptions in subsection (a)(3), clause (A) permits the Secretary of the Treasury to "Authorize the exception of any article from the requirements of marking if such article is incapable of being marked." This is customs marking for articles of foreign origin; nothing on these pages determines the origin of anything or how the exceptions are administered. law.cornell.edu

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The 251 containers on this shelf are 117 PET, 78 polypropylene and 56 glass. There is no metal and no polyethylene. Glass takes an etched or fired mark and loses an adhesive label to oil; PET and polypropylene take an adhesive label well and take an etch not at all. We publish no marking, printing or decorating service of any kind.

Written from 19 U.S.C. 1304 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. That section is customs marking for articles of foreign origin and nothing here determines the origin of anything, what subsection (b) requires of containers, or how the exceptions are administered. Made in USA claims are a different scheme covered in the favors and gifts property. We publish no marking, printing or decorating service: the mark goes on by some process we do not supply. This shelf is shared identically by nine groups and the sewing notions property enumerates the inventory.