Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures
Section 56a - Location of Scales for Food Sold at Retail

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XV - Regulation of Trade

Chapter 98 - Weights and Measures

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Relation of Avoirdupois Pound to Troy Pound

Section 3 - State Standards

Section 4 - Additional State Standards; Replacement of Weights

Section 5 - Municipal Standards

Section 6 - Safe Keeping and Preservation of Town Standards; Insurance

Section 7 - Neglect to Provide Suitable Place for Keeping Standards; Loss or Damage

Section 8 - Vibrating Steelyards

Section 9 - State Clinical Standard Thermometer; Certification

Section 10 - Office Clinical Standard Thermometers; Verification; Comparisons

Section 11 - Tolerances and Specifications for Clinical Thermometers

Section 12 - Inspection and Testing of Clinical Thermometers; Certification; Fees

Section 13 - Manufacture and Sale of Clinical Thermometers

Section 14 - Penalties for Violation of Sec. 13

Section 14a - Glass Bottle or Jars for Lubricating Oil; Quality; Capacity; Sealing; Revocation of Authority; False or Insufficient Measure; Inspection of Bottles or Jars

Section 15 - Glass Bottles or Jars for Milk or Cream; Capacity; Sealing; Designating Mark; False Measure; Revocation of Authority

Section 16 - Paper or Fibre Bottles and Jars for Milk or Cream; Capacity; Sealing; Stamping

Section 17 - Re-Use of Paper or Fibre Bottles or Jars for Milk, Cream or Other Liquids

Section 18 - Markings on Cans or Containers for Milk or Cream; Sealing; Rules and Regulations; Revocation of Authority; Designating Marks; False or Insufficient Measure; Inspection

Section 19 - Penalties for Violation of Sec. 18

Section 20 - Containers for Sale of Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts or Frozen Dessert Mix; Capacity; Sealing; Designating Mark; False or Insufficient Measure

Section 21 - Semi-Annual Inspection of Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts or Frozen Dessert Mix Containers

Section 22 - Paper or Fibre Cartons for Sale of Viscous or Semi-Solid Commodities; Capacity; Shape; Dimensions; Markings

Section 23 - Testing Capacity of Containers; Seizure; Complaint; Revocation of Authority

Section 24 - Penalty for Unauthorized Marking

Section 25 - Condemnation of Weighing or Measuring Devices; Marking; Removal of Notice

Section 26 - Use or Possession of False or Condemned Devices

Section 27 - Use of Unsealed Weighing or Measuring Devices

Section 28 - Recovery of Market Value of Goods for Use of Unsealed Devices

Section 28a - Sealing and Testing of Meters for Measuring Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Tolerances; Revocation of Authority

Section 29 - Powers and Duties of Deputy Director of Standards

Section 29a - Civil Citation for Violation of Weights and Measures Laws; Appeal

Section 31 - Use of Seals; Imitation or Counterfeit Seals

Section 32 - Tests, Inspections and Adjustments of Town Standards and Devices; Complaints; Enforcement

Section 33 - Testing of Weighing and Measuring Devices in State Institutions; Reports; Appointment of Special Deputies

Section 33a - Testing of Weighing and Measuring Devices in Towns of 5,000 or Less Inhabitants

Section 34 - Appointment of Sealers and Deputies in Cities and Large Towns; Powers and Duties; Interference With Sealer; Compensation; Fees; Certification

Section 35 - Comprehensive Weights and Measures Enforcement System in Small Towns; Certification of Sealers and Deputies

Section 36 - Appointment of District Sealers; Powers and Duties; Bond; Compensation; Records; Fees; Certification

Section 36a - Determination That Cities or Towns Have an Inadequate Weights and Measures Enforcement System; Assumption of Responsibilities

Section 37 - Reports of Municipalities; Weighing and Measuring Devices

Section 38 - Duplicate Set of Apothecaries' Weights and Liquid Measures

Section 39 - Receipt and Accountability of Town Standards and Seal

Section 40 - Duplicate Set of Weights, Measures and Balances

Section 41 - Annual Testing and Sealing of Weights and Measures; Notice; Record

Section 42 - Failure to Comply With Notice; Sealing on Premises; Interference With Sealer; Penalty

Section 43 - Testing of Weighing or Measuring Devices Registering Price

Section 44 - Testing of Devices for Determining Measurement of Leather; Rules and Regulations

Section 45 - Testing of Taximeters; Rules and Regulations

Section 46 - Testing of Devices for Standardizing Production and Determining Wages, Capacity of Tanks or Containers; Sealing; Condemnation; Fee Schedule; Certificate; Accuracy of Automatic Devices

Section 46a - Bulk Milk Tanks; Calibration and Sealing

Section 47 - Annual Testing of Apothecaries' Weights and Measures; Sealing; Graduated Glass Measures; Approval; Designating Marks; Revocation of Authority

Section 48 - Use of Untested Weights or Measures

Section 49 - Annual Tests of Hay and Coal Scales

Section 50 - Tests of Weighing or Measuring Devices Upon Request; Results

Section 51 - Sealing of Glass Milk and Cream Bottles or Jars

Section 52 - Testing Incorrect Weights or Measuring Devices Upon Complaint; Entry; Use of Device

Section 53 - Marking Devices With Stencil; Certificate; Notice Forbidding Use; Removal of Notice

Section 54 - Seizure of Weighing or Measuring Devices for Evidence; Disposition

Section 55 - Seizure of Devices Not Conforming to Legal Standards; Destruction

Section 56 - Fees of Sealers and Inspectors

Section 56a - Location of Scales for Food Sold at Retail

Section 56b - Computing Scales for Prepackaged Meat, Poultry or Fish; Penalty for Failure to Provide

Section 56c - Placement of Cash Register; Observation of Total by Customer; Penalty

Section 56d - Examination and Testing of Automated Retail Checkout Systems

Section 57 - Annual Report of the Acts of the Division of Standards