Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law
§ 4-18-330. Fruit and commodities — Packing, selling, pledging, etc., with fraudulent intent — Penalty

(a) Any person who packs any fruit or other merchantable commodity with the fraudulent intent of misrepresenting the contents, either as to quality or quantity, shall on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
(b) Any person who sells or pledges any commodity, knowing it to be packed in a fraudulent manner with the intent to cheat and deceive, shall on conviction be assessed a civil penalty as provided in § 4-18-323.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law

Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions

Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures

Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law

§ 4-18-301. Definitions

§ 4-18-302. Systems of weights and measures

§ 4-18-303. Physical standards

§ 4-18-304. Technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices

§ 4-18-305. Requirements for packaging and labeling

§ 4-18-306. Requirements for the method of sale of commodities

§ 4-18-307. Requirements for unit pricing

§ 4-18-308. Requirements for the registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices

§ 4-18-309. Requirements for open dating

§ 4-18-310. Requirements for type evaluation

§ 4-18-311. State Division of Weights and Measures

§ 4-18-312. Powers and duties of the State Plant Board

§ 4-18-313. Special police powers

§ 4-18-314. Powers and duties of local officials

§ 4-18-315. Misrepresentation of quantity

§ 4-18-316. Misrepresentation of pricing

§ 4-18-317. Method of sale

§ 4-18-318. Sale from bulk

§ 4-18-319. Information required on packages

§ 4-18-320. Declarations of unit price on random weight packages

§ 4-18-321. Advertising packages for sale

§ 4-18-322. Prohibited acts

§ 4-18-323. Civil penalties

§ 4-18-324. Criminal penalties

§ 4-18-325. Restraining order and injunction

§ 4-18-326. Presumptive evidence

§ 4-18-327. Rules to be unaffected by repeal of prior enabling statute

§ 4-18-328. Regulations

§ 4-18-329. Fees for tests or inspections

§ 4-18-330. Fruit and commodities — Packing, selling, pledging, etc., with fraudulent intent — Penalty

§ 4-18-331. Legal weight of bushel of specific commodities

§ 4-18-332. Bushel of apples — Lawful measure

§ 4-18-333. “Cord” defined

§ 4-18-334. Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards

§ 4-18-336. State standards — Certification

§ 4-18-337. Office and field standards — Verification

§ 4-18-338. Rules — Correct and incorrect apparatus

§ 4-18-339. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

§ 4-18-340. Investigations

§ 4-18-341. Testing generally

§ 4-18-342. Packages or amounts of commodities — Inspection — Disposition of nonconforming units

§ 4-18-343. Display of price — Fractions

§ 4-18-344. Testing bulk meters or liquefied petroleum gas metering devices, pumps, and scales used for commercial transactions — Definitions