No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor be in a container so made, formed or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of its contents, and the contents of a container shall not fall below the reasonable standard of fill as may have been prescribed for the commodity by the director.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-1-40, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 202, § 13; 1973, ch. 386, § 13.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Article 17 - Standards of Weights and Measures
Section 57-17-1 - Definitions.
Section 57-17-2 - Systems of weights and measures.
Section 57-17-3 - Physical standards.
Section 57-17-4 - Enforcement and administration.
Section 57-17-6 - Custody of state standards.
Section 57-17-7 - Duties of director.
Section 57-17-8 - Powers of the director; police powers; right of entry and stoppage.
Section 57-17-9 - Duties and powers of inspectors.
Section 57-17-10 - Duty of owner of incorrect apparatus.
Section 57-17-11 - Methods of sale of commodities; general.
Section 57-17-12 - Declarations on packages; declarations of unit price on random packages.
Section 57-17-13 - Misleading packages.
Section 57-17-14 - Retail sales; regulation of.
Section 57-17-15 - Misrepresentation of price.
Section 57-17-16 - Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.
Section 57-17-17 - Impersonation of officer; penalties.
Section 57-17-18 - Offenses and penalties.