No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed, or filled, as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity in question by the Board.
Code 1950, § 3-708.28; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-946; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 56 - Weights and Measures
§ 3.2-5600. Definitions generally
§ 3.2-5601. Powers and duties of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5602. Commissioner to test accuracy of point-of-sale systems
§ 3.2-5604. State standards of weight and measure
§ 3.2-5605. Office standards and field standards
§ 3.2-5607. The Board may adopt regulations
§ 3.2-5608. Testing and inspection of standards procured by cities and counties
§ 3.2-5609. Testing and inspection of weights and measures offered for sale or commercially used
§ 3.2-5610. Investigations by Commissioner
§ 3.2-5614. Police powers of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5617. Powers and duties of sealers and deputies
§ 3.2-5618. Standards, equipment, and office space for sealers
§ 3.2-5620. Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices
§ 3.2-5621. Rejected weights and measures
§ 3.2-5622. How certain commodities to be sold
§ 3.2-5623. Information to be shown on packages
§ 3.2-5624. Certain packages to show price per single unit of weight, measure, or count
§ 3.2-5625. Misleading containers prohibited; contents of container not to fall below standard
§ 3.2-5626. Advertisement of commodities in package form
§ 3.2-5627. Pricing of retail merchandise
§ 3.2-5628. Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose
§ 3.2-5629. Fees and other moneys received
§ 3.2-5630. Violations of pricing requirements
§ 3.2-5631. Representations as to price; signs advertising price of petroleum products
§ 3.2-5632. Failure to pay advertised cash discount
§ 3.2-5633. Commissioner to receive enforcement authority for the Stage II Vapor Recovery Programs
§ 3.2-5634. Meat, poultry, and seafood
§ 3.2-5635. Bulk sale and delivery of commodities
§ 3.2-5636. Scale house in establishment where livestock is bought from producers
§ 3.2-5637. Type registering weighbeams or automatic weight recorders required
§ 3.2-5638. Weight of livestock to be determined on date of sale
§ 3.2-5639. Announcement of day and hour of livestock sale
§ 3.2-5640. Certain merchants to provide scales for use of customers
§ 3.2-5642. Determining number of board feet in tree or log
§ 3.2-5643. Obstructing Commissioner or sealers; penalty
§ 3.2-5644. Impersonating Commissioner or sealer
§ 3.2-5645. Certain acts declared misdemeanors
§ 3.2-5646. Civil penalties; suit to enjoin violation; compromise
§ 3.2-5647. Warning instead of report of violation
§ 3.2-5648. Presumptive proof of use of weight, measure or weighing or measuring device