District Of Columbia Code § 28-5205

Exemptions.
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This chapter does not apply to:
Prepackaged food that contains separately identifiable items that are separated by physical division within the package;
Any item sold only by prescription;
Any item subject to the packaging or labeling requirements of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or to any pricing requirements under federal law;
Any item actually being sold through a vending machine;
Any item delivered directly to a retail sales agency without passing through warehousing or other inventory facility used by the agency;
Commodities packaged in quantities of less than 28 grams (one ounce) or 29 milliliters (one fluid ounce) or when the total retail price is 50 cents or less;
When only one brand of a particular commodity in only one size is offered for sale in a particular retail establishment;
Variety packages;
Combination packages; or
A person with less than $30 million in gross volume of sales of consumer commodities and to whom at least one of the following applies: During the preceding calendar year, sold a gross volume of consumer commodities of less than $750,000; Is not part of a company which consists of 10 or more sales agencies in or out of the District of Columbia; Derives less than 15% of its total revenues from consumer commodities subject to this chapter; or Is owned and operated by not more than one individual and the members of the person’s immediate family.

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