290.614 State director of weights and measures; approval, rejection, condemnation, confiscation. Sec. 14. The director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be “correct” as defined in section 8. He shall reject or condemn and seal or mark as […]
290.615 State director of weights and measures; enforcement, seizure without formal warrant. Sec. 15. The director is vested with special powers with respect to the enforcement of this act and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce. He may seize for use as evidence without […]
290.616 State director of weights and measures; powers of deputy director and inspectors. Sec. 16. The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the director by this act are hereby given to and imposed upon the deputy director and inspectors when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director. History: 1964, […]
290.617 Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; appointment. Sec. 17. A sealer of weights and measures, and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors of weights and measures as may be required, may be appointed in and for each city and county by the appointing […]
290.618 Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; jurisdiction; city or county ordinances. Sec. 18. The sealer of a city or a county, and his deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall have the same powers and […]
290.619 City and county official standards; comparison with state standards. Sec. 19. Standards of weights and measures provided by a city or county, after examination and approval by the director, shall be the official standards for such city or county. The sealer shall make, or arrange to have made, at least as frequently as once […]
290.620 Joint county and city weights and measures jurisdiction; powers. Sec. 20. A county and 1 or more cities situated therein, with the consent of the director, may establish a joint weights and measures jurisdiction with 1 sealer and such deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors as may be required, under an […]
290.621 State director of weights and measures; concurrent enforcement powers. Sec. 21. The director shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of this act in counties and cities for which sealers of weights and measures have been appointed as provided for in this act. History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
290.622 Rejected or condemned weights and measures; disposition. Sec. 22. Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned and ordered corrected or disposed of under the authority of the director or of a sealer shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has […]
290.623 Commodities, liquid, nonliquid, measurement; exceptions. Sec. 23. Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, measure, or by count. However, liquid commodities may be sold by weight and nonliquid commodities may be sold by count only […]
***** 290.624 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2023: See 290.624.amended ***** 290.624 Package labels; contents; allowable variations. Sec. 24. Except as otherwise provided in this act, any commodity in package form kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, shall bear on the outside of the package such definite, […]
***** 290.624.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2023 ***** 290.624.amended Package labels; contents; allowable variations. Sec. 24. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, any commodity in package form kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale, must bear on the outside of the package definite, plain, legible, […]
290.625 Package labels; random weights, measures or counts, additional declarations. Sec. 25. In addition to the declarations required by section 24, any commodity in package form, which package is one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity and bears the total selling price of the package, shall bear on […]
290.626 Packages; misleading wrappers. Sec. 26. Any commodity in package form shall not be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package. History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
***** 290.627 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2023: See 290.627.amended ***** 290.627 Packages; advertisement, declaration of quantity. Sec. 27. Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of […]
***** 290.627.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2023 ***** 290.627.amended Packages; advertisement, declaration of quantity. Sec. 27. Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there must be closely and conspicuously associated with the statement of price a […]
290.628 Commodities; sale by weight, net weight. Sec. 28. When any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed. History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
290.628a Meat, meat products, poultry and seafood sold by weight; food combination sold by weight, quantity representation by total weight of product or combination. Sec. 28a. Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as 1 of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the […]
290.628b Commodity or service; sale by weight, measure or count; misrepresentation; display of price including fraction of a cent. Sec. 28b. Whenever any commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count, the price shall not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented in any […]
***** 290.628c THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE MARCH 29, 2023: See 290.628c.amended ***** 290.628c Commodity sale; method; packaging and labeling requirements; certificate of conformance; compliance standards; registration for servicepersons and agencies; “ton” and “gross ton” defined; motor vehicle repair facility. Sec. 28c. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, the method of sale […]
