Alaska Statutes: AS 45.75.100. Inspection of Packages.

Alaska Statutes. Title 45. Trade and Commerce Chapter 75. Weights and Measures Act Section 100. Inspection of Packages.

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AS 45.75.100. Inspection of Packages.

(a) The director shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale in accordance with law. When packages or amounts of commodities do not contain the amounts represented, or are kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the director may order them off sale and may mark or tag them to show they are illegal. The director may use recognized sampling procedures. Compliance of a given lot of packages shall be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of the lot.
(b) A person may not

(1) sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale in intrastate commerce a package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section until the package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements; or

(2) dispose of a package or amount of commodity that is ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that does not meet legal requirements, except with the specific approval of the director.

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