Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 19.94 - Weights and Measures.
19.94.230 - Inspections and tests to determine conformity to law—Off sale order—Marks, tags, stamps.

RCW 19.94.230
Inspections and tests to determine conformity to law—Off sale order—Marks, tags, stamps.

(1) The director or a city sealer may, from time to time, inspect and test packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery to determine whether the same contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, exposed for sale or sold in accordance with law. When such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented or are found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law, the director or city sealer may order them off sale and may mark, tag, or stamp them in a manner prescribed by the department.
(2) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the director or city sealer may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of a result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot.
(3) No person shall (a) sell, keep, offer, or expose for sale any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale as provided in this section unless and until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with legal requirements or (b) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale and that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements in any manner except with the specific written approval of the director or city sealer who issued such off sale order.

[ 1992 c 237 § 14; 1969 c 67 § 23.]

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous

Chapter 19.94 - Weights and Measures.

19.94.005 - Findings.

19.94.010 - Definitions—Director may prescribe by rule.

19.94.015 - Commercial use of instrument or device—Registration—Fees.

19.94.150 - Standards recognized.

19.94.160 - State standards.

19.94.163 - Testing by department—Ensuring enforcement—Issuance of seal of approval—Exception.

19.94.175 - Registration—Inspection and testing—Fees—Report.

19.94.185 - Deposit of moneys—Weights and measures account—General fund.

19.94.190 - Enforcement—Rules—Penalties.

19.94.205 - Correct and incorrect—Instruments, devices, weights, measures—When deemed.

19.94.216 - Department inspection—City sealer—Fees.

19.94.220 - Investigations.

19.94.230 - Inspections and tests to determine conformity to law—Off sale order—Marks, tags, stamps.

19.94.240 - Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders.

19.94.250 - Inspection of instrument or device to determine if correct—Rejection or seizure—Confiscation or destruction—Use of incorrect instrument or device—Notice.

19.94.255 - Correction of rejected weights and measures.

19.94.258 - Service agent—Registration certificate.

19.94.2582 - Service agent—Registration certificate—Renewal—Competency examination—Fee—Decision—Denial—Notice—Refund.

19.94.2584 - Service agent—Registration certificate—Revocation, suspension, refusal to renew—Appeal.

19.94.260 - Rejection—Seizure for use as evidence—Entry of premises—Search warrant.

19.94.265 - Grievances—Procedure—Notice—Hearing—Rules.

19.94.280 - City sealers and deputies—Appointment, removal—Record, report—Testing of devices and instruments—Seal of approval.

19.94.310 - City sealers and deputies—Duties of governing body—Sealer to have standards comparison made every two years.

19.94.320 - City sealers—Director—General oversight powers, concurrent authority—Powers and duties of chapter are additional.

19.94.325 - Service agent—Inspection and testing of weights and measures—Seal of approval—Fees—Violation—Penalty.

19.94.340 - Sale of commodities—Measurement—Exceptions—Rules to assure good practice and accuracy.

19.94.350 - Packaged commodities in intrastate commerce—Declaration of contents on outside—Rules.

19.94.360 - Declaration of price on outside of package.

19.94.370 - Misleading wrappers, containers of packaged commodities—Standards of fill required.

19.94.390 - Price not to be misleading, deceiving, misrepresented—Fractions—Examination procedure standard—Department may revise—Electronic scanner screen visibility.

19.94.400 - Meat, fish, poultry to be sold by weight—Exceptions.

19.94.410 - Butter, margarine to be sold by weight.

19.94.420 - Fluid dairy products to be packaged for retail sale in certain units.

19.94.430 - Packaged flour to be sold by weight.

19.94.440 - Commodities sold in bulk—Delivery tickets.

19.94.450 - Solid fuels to be sold by weight, cubic measure—Delivery tickets.

19.94.460 - Heating oils—Delivery tickets—Statements.

19.94.470 - Berries and small fruit.

19.94.480 - Fractional units as fractional value.

19.94.485 - Contracts—Construction.

19.94.490 - Obstruction of director or sealer in performance of duties—Penalty.

19.94.500 - Impersonation of director or sealer—Penalty.

19.94.507 - Gasoline delivered to service stations—Invoice required.

19.94.510 - Unlawful practices—Penalty.

19.94.515 - Unlawful commercial use of instrument or device—Penalty.

19.94.517 - Incorrect commercial instrument or device to benefit of owner/operator—Penalties—Appeal.

19.94.520 - Injunction against violations.

19.94.530 - Proof of existence of weighing or measuring instrument or device presumed proof of regular use.

19.94.540 - Antifreeze products—Use of aversive agent.

19.94.542 - Antifreeze products—Aversive agents—Limitation of liability.

19.94.544 - Antifreeze products—Aversive agents—Application.

19.94.550 - Electric vehicle supply equipment—Publicly available.

19.94.555 - Electric vehicle supply equipment exemptions.

19.94.560 - Electric vehicle service provider disclosures.

19.94.565 - Department rules for electric vehicle service providers.

19.94.570 - Electric vehicle supply equipment interoperability standards.

19.94.575 - Electric vehicle service providers operating one or more publicly available level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment or direct current fast charger electric vehicle supply equipment.

19.94.580 - Electric vehicle service provider penalties.

19.94.585 - Charging session—Consumer data disclosure.

19.94.900 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.

19.94.920 - Effective date—1992 c 237.