(a) Whenever any commodities shall be sold or delivered and no special written contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, if sold or authorized to be sold by the bushel or barrel, said bushel or barrel of such commodities shall be the weight per bushel or barrel as is generally recognized and accepted in the marketplace, and the fractional part of the bushel or barrel shall be the corresponding fractional part of the weight per bushel or barrel as is generally recognized and accepted in the marketplace for such commodity.
(b) All such commodities shall be bought or sold by actual weight unless otherwise agreed to in writing between the seller and buyer; provided, however, that any of such commodities may be sold by numerical count; and provided further, that turnips, kale, mustard and spinach salad and other vegetables customarily sold by the bunch may be sold by the bunch.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, as provided under the provisions of Section 2-2-16, is authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations concerning minimum weights per bushel or barrel or other type container for the sale of commodities, as is needed for the standardization of the sale of such commodities in the marketplace.
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.