NBS Special Publication, Issue 202U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951 |
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300 Indiana Avenue accuracy adopted American Standards Association avoirdupois bar soap belt conveyor scale Bureau of Standards Bureau of Weights Chairman chicken Code commercial Conference on Weights container dairy Department of Agriculture Department of Weights Director Division of Weights equipment Federal Food fluid ounces Follows present Section gallon graduations Handbook 44 Heavy-duty weight truck ice cream Indiana Avenue NW industry inspection Inspector of Weights John Russell Young jurisdictions L. P. Gas legislation machines Manager manufacturer Markets Maryland material measures officials meat ment Methods of Sale milk Model Law National Bureau net weight Office of Weights operation ounces percent poultry pounds practice problem pump Pure-Pak quart recommendation regulations requirements retail Sale of Commodities Sealer of Weights sold specifications and tolerances Street Superintendent of Weights tare weight test weights Thirty-sixth National Conference tion trade ures Vice President Washington Weights and Meas Weights and Measures Yes Yes
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Page 81 - If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or (2) if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or (3) if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or (4) if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
Page 81 - ... an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count...
Page 81 - Whenever in the judgment of the Secretary such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, he shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food, under its common or usual name so far as practicable, a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and/or reasonable standards of fill of container...
Page 16 - ... proper performance of the duties of that post, and for the grant of certificates to persons who satisfactorily pass such examination. (2) A person shall not, after the passing of this Act, be appointed to act as an inspector of meters as aforesaid unless he has obtained such certificate as aforesaid. (3) If any person, not being an inspector duly appointed under the Sale of Gas Act, 1859, acts as such inspector, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or, in the case of a second...
Page 91 - Meats and meat food products shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act to the extent of the application or the ex-tension thereto of the Meat Inspection Act, approved March 4, 1907, as amended (USC, 1934 ed., title 21, sees.
Page 110 - ... commercially used or employed in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement of quantities, things, produce, or articles for distribution or consumption, purchased, offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award, or in computing any...
Page 9 - Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget," to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures.
Page 8 - But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have : that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Page 110 - Where not otherwise provided by law, the county sealer shall have the power within his county to inspect, test, try and ascertain if they are correct, all weights, scales...
Page 110 - Commissioner shall have the power to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale. It shall be the duty of the...