Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and, except as otherwise provided in sections 42-115g to 42-115q, inclusive, commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area or by count; provided liquid commodities may be sold by weight and commodities not in liquid form may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold; and provided the provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, (2) to vegetables when sold by the head or bunch, (3) to commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal law, (4) to commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner, (5) to concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures and loose solid materials such as earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone and the like, when sold by cubic measure, or (6) to unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure. The commissioner may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties at interest.
(1967, P.A. 804, S. 4.)
Cited. 158 C. 543.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices
Chapter 736 - Unfair Sales Practices
Section 42-111 to 42-115d. - Unfair or deceptive trade practices, generally.
Section 42-115e. - Injunction.
Section 42-115f. - Exceptions.
Section 42-115g. - Sales of commodities in package form. Definitions.
Section 42-115h. - Inspection of packaged commodities. Off-sale orders.
Section 42-115i. - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders.
Section 42-115k. - Labeling of commodity package.
Section 42-115l. - Label to show price per unit.
Section 42-115m. - Wrapper or container not to mislead purchaser. Guarantee. Regulations.
Section 42-115n. - Advertisement of price to show quantity.
Section 42-115o. - Net weight to be used.
Section 42-115p. - Price not to be misrepresented or misleading.
Section 42-115q. - Injunctions against violations.
Section 42-115r. - Alteration of tire by addition of white or colored stripe.
Section 42-115s. - Advertising of artificial Christmas trees for sale.
Section 42-115t. - Cash register read-outs to be visible to consumer. Violations. Enforcement.