What they should have done is write "packing for distribution or distribution of". They forgot they were writing a law, not a book, and that clarity is more imp

What they should have done is write "packing for distribution or distribution of". They forgot they were writing a law, not a book, and that clarity is more important than aesthetics. As it is, the sentence contains one more ambiguity, which is whether there's a distinction between shipment and distribution.