Shucked oysters shall be sold only by liquid measure or numerical count, and whenever there is included in the sale by measure of shucked oysters more than 10 per centum of oyster liquid or other liquid substance, the vendor shall be deemed guilty of selling short measure. All fish, meat, poultry, meat products, lard, lard substitutes, butter, butter substitutes, and cheese shall be sold by avoirdupois weight.
(Mar. 3, 1921, 41 Stat. 1223, ch. 118, § 19; Apr. 27, 1945, 59 Stat. 99, ch. 99, § 6.)
1981 Ed., § 10-121.
1973 Ed., § 10-120.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 37 - Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending
Chapter 2 - Weights, Measures, and Markets Generally
Subchapter I - Weights and Measures Generally
§ 37–201.02. Director to give bond and take oath
§ 37–201.04. Inspection required after repair; alteration of condemnation tag prohibited
§ 37–201.05. Obstruction of inspection prohibited
§ 37–201.06. Record of inspections
§ 37–201.07. False measure prohibited; sale of commodities
§ 37–201.08. Commodities sold by weight; “ton” defined
§ 37–201.11. Sale of coal, charcoal, or coke
§ 37–201.14. Sale of frozen and fluid dairy products
§ 37–201.16. Substitutes for dry measure prohibited
§ 37–201.16a. Quantity markings required for packages; exemption
§ 37–201.18. Standard liquid measures; automatic gasoline pumps
§ 37–201.18a. Gasoline and fuel pump octane measurement
§ 37–201.19. Sale of shucked oysters, fish, meat, butter, and cheese
§ 37–201.20. Automatic measuring pumps
§ 37–201.21. Sale of pro rata quantity
§ 37–201.22. Inspection of commodities by Director
§ 37–201.22a. Sale of food by false advertising
§ 37–201.23. Sale of measuring devices by Director prohibited
§ 37–201.24. Police power conferred upon Director; inspections without warrants
§ 37–201.25. Council may establish tolerances and specifications
§ 37–201.26. Weighmasters; public scales; fees. [Repealed]
§ 37–201.27. Powers and duties of Director conferred on assistants and inspectors
§ 37–201.28. Supervision of markets; investigations and reports
§ 37–201.29. “Mayor” and “Director” defined
§ 37–201.30. “Person” defined; meaning of singular words
§ 37–201.32. Penalties; conduct of prosecutions
§ 37–201.33. Registration and inspection fees for weighing and measuring devices