When not otherwise provided by law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the power to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, within a 12-month period or less frequently if in accordance with a schedule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, and as much more often as deemed necessary to inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used (1) in determining the weight, measurement, or count of commodities or things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure, or of count, or (2) in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or of count; provided, that with respect to single-service devices — that is, devices designed to be used commercially only once and to be then discarded — and with respect to devices uniformly mass-produced, as by means of a mold or die, and not susceptible of individual adjustment, tests may be made on representative samples of such devices; and the lots of which such samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on such samples.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 51. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
§ 5101. Definitions; meaning of terms.
§ 5102. Systems of weights and measures.
§ 5103. Definitions of special units of measure.
§ 5104. State standards of weights and measures.
§ 5105. Field standards and equipment.
§ 5106. General powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture.
§ 5107. Specific powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations.
§ 5108. Testing at state-supported institutions.
§ 5111. Inspection of packages.
§ 5112. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders.
§ 5113. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus.
§ 5114. Police powers; right of entry and stoppage.
§ 5115. Powers and duties of inspectors.
§ 5116. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus.
§ 5117. Method of sale of commodities.
§ 5118. Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions.
§ 5119. Declarations of unit price on random packages.
§ 5120. Uniform packaging and labeling.
§ 5121. Advertising packages for sale.
§ 5123. Misrepresentation of price.
§ 5124. Meat, poultry and seafood.
§ 5125. Clams, mussels, oysters, and other mollusks.
§ 5127. Bulk deliveries of commodities sold in terms of weight.
§ 5128. Furnace and stove oil.
§ 5129. Berries and small fruits.
§ 5130. Construction of contracts.
§ 5131. Licensed weighmasters; appointment; tenure; license fee; seal; charges; records.
§ 5132. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties.
§ 5133. Impersonation of officer; penalties.
§ 5134. Offenses and penalties.
§ 5137. Validity of prosecutions.
§ 5138. Concurrent jurisdiction of justices of the peace and Court of Common Pleas.
§ 5140. Fees for services for out-of-state companies.