(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article or when sold in the original standard container, all fruit, nuts, vegetables and grain shall be sold at retail by avoirdupois weight or numerical count.
(b) The words "original standard container," as used in this section, shall mean and include only barrels, boxes, baskets, hampers or similar containers, the dimensions or capacity of which are established by regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, the contents of which have not been removed or repacked by the retailer and upon which is plainly and conspicuously marked the net quantity of the contents thereof in terms of weight, measure or numerical count.
(c) This section shall not apply to the sale by the bunch of fresh beets, onions, turnips, carrots and other similar vegetables usually and customarily sold by the bunch.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.
Article 4 - Miscellaneous Regulations.
Section 8-16-90 - Prohibited Acts Generally.
Section 8-16-91 - Net Weight of Commodity Basis for Sales by Weight.
Section 8-16-93 - Net Quantities of Contents of Packages to Be Marked on Outside.
Section 8-16-97 - Milk and Cream Bottles and Containers - Duties of Sealers.
Section 8-16-99 - Coal, Coke, or Charcoal - Delivery Tickets.
Section 8-16-102 - Cornmeal and Grits to Be Sold in Five to 200 Pound Packages; Exceptions.
Section 8-16-103 - Flour to Be Sold in Packages of Five to 200 Pounds; Exceptions.
Section 8-16-104 - Sale of Ice Regulated.
Section 8-16-105 - Sale of Oil at Retail Regulated.
Section 8-16-107 - Operating Weighing or Measuring Device Other Than as Intended.