The Vermont Statutes Online
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AGENCY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2637)
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§ 2637. Inspection of packages
The Secretary shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts
of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery,
to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept,
offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in accordance with law; and when those packages
or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are
found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the Secretary
may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal.
In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary may employ recognized
sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be
determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative
of the lot. No person may (1) sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale, in intrastate
commerce any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked
or tagged as provided in this section unless the package or amount of commodity has
been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements, or (2) dispose of any
package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged
as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with legal
requirements, in any manner except with the specific approval of the Secretary. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 12, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)