Rule 40-15-2-.04. Accessibility to Use of Scales for Package Check-weighing

When a vendor offers for sale the major portion of his meats and meat products and fresh produce as pre-packaged items as the basis from which the customer's selection for purchases is made:

1. (a) The vendor shall provide a readily accessible and operable scale on which the customer may check-weigh his purchase selection, or
2. (b) Upon the request of the customer, the vendor shall weigh the purchase item in the presence of the buyer,
3. (c) The vendor shall post a legible conversion chart over, or near, the scale to enable the customer to compare weight values if the fractional part of the pound values are in different systems.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Sec. 10-2-5(Ga. L. 1972, p. 654).

History. Original Rule entitled "Accessibility to Use of Scales for Package Check-weighing" was filed on November 30, 1973; effective December 20, 1973.

Amended: Authority Changed. Filed March 1, 1984; effective March 21, 1984.