Display Regulations

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• Aisles & Adjacent Booths
• Balloons & Strobe Lights
• Building Property
• Electrical Safety
• Employment Exhibits
• Flammable Decorations
• Floor Covering
• Games, Prizes & Drawings
• Installation & Operation
• Lighting
• Signs, Banners, Advertising
• Sound Levels
• Television & Video
• Vehicles

Aisles & Adjacent Booths

• For reasons of both safety and courtesy, no signs, display items or decorative material
      may protrude into the aisles or extend into neighboring booths.
   
• All aisles, passageways and lobbies leading to an exit, fire extinguisher or other
      emergency equipment must be left unobstructed.  Displays found to be blocking
      traffic flow will be closed down.
   
• Carpeting any area outside your exhibit space or building any extension of an exhibit
      over an aisle is prohibited.  Official State and International pavilions may order
      their own aisle carpet as long as they have a total of (6) booths on each side of
      the aisle.  Please call Roger Grant for approval at 646-878-0137.

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Balloons & Strobe Lights

Not permitted

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Building Property

• Convention Center rules require that nothing be posted, tacked, nailed or screwed to
      columns, walls, floors or other elements of the exhibit hall.  Exhibitors may not
      apply paint, lacquer, adhesives, tapes or other coating to building columns, walls,
      ceilings or floors or to standard booth equipment.

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Electrical Safety

• All wiring in the booth or on displays must conform to the applicable standards
      established by law, including fire inspection standards of local authorities and
      insurance requirements. All wiring must exhibit any seal required by local
      authorities.

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Employment Exhibits

• Exhibits for the purpose of soliciting prospective employees, and employee-recruiting
      activity of any kind, are prohibited.

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Flammable Decorations

• No decorations of paper, pine boughs, leafy decorations, tree branches or other
      combustible material are allowed.  Any cloth must be fire retardant.

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Floor Covering

• All Exhibitors must cover the floor or their Exhibit Space regardless of pre-existing
      carpet, floor tiles, etc.

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Games, Prizes & Drawings

• Exhibitors may not conduct contests, sweepstakes or games of chance at the Fancy Food Show venue.

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Installation & Operation

• Booth displays must be completed one hour before the opening of the Show.  Booths
      and displays must be remain intact until 4:00pm on the last open day of the
      Show.  Penalties may be imposed for early dismantling of a booth or display.

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Lighting

• All overhead hanging light fixtures will require Show Management approval.

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Signs, Banners, Advertising

• Hanging Signs/Banners will only be allowed for International Pavilions (peninsula
      and island booth or if you occupy both sides of the entire aisle).  International
      Pavilions signs, banners, displays, etc. can not exceed 20' in height.
   
• Exhibitors must drape or otherwise finish the backwalls and sidewalls of their
      booths. This is required of all exhibitors to enhance the overall appearance of the
      show. If neglected, show management will have the walls draped or finished at the
      Exhibitor’s expense.
   
• Logos and graphics may appear on the inside walls of your booth only.  The outside
      walls (those facing a neighbor’s booth) must be void of all copy, logos or graphics
      of any kind.
   
• Only the name of the exhibitor on the application and contract for exhibit space
      may be placed on booth signs. No signs, displays or advertising will be allowed to
      extend beyond the exhibit space allotted to exhibitor, or above the back and side
      rails of the booth.

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Sound Levels

• Sound levels of presentations should be kept within the confines of the booth area and
      must not interfere with neighboring exhibits.  Displays found to be objectionable
      due to noise level will be closed down.  The playing of music is prohibited, unless
      that is the product that you are selling.

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Television & Video

• Television and video displays of any kind are to be used for business purposes only. 
      Sporting events, entertainment or any other non-business related presentations will
      not be allowed.
• The NASFT reserves the right to turn off the TV due to volume complaints

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Vehicles

• Vehicles on the show floor for display purposes must be approved by NASFT in
      advance. Please call Roger Grant at (646) 878-0137 to make a request.

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