§ 8A-112. Scales for checkweighing of prepackaged commodities required.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of selling prepackaged meat, poultry, edible fish or produce in package form for retail sale and which is not weighed in the presence of customers to refuse or neglect to provide each retail outlet where said products are sold with a readily accessible price computing scale for customer checkweighing usage or to refuse to reweigh any of the aforesaid commodities in the presence of a prospective customer, when so requested. Decimal pound conversion charts or tables shall be provided where markings on packages are designated in the decimal system showing equivalents of the decimal pound (one hundred (100) divisions) to the customary ounce divisions, reduced to quarter ounce fractions thereof (sixty-four (64) divisions).

(Ord. No. 69-74, § 1, 10-22-69; Ord. No. 85-61, § 3, 9-3-85)