363.710 Provisions for weights and measures for liquid, solid form.
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Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and,
except as otherwise provided in KRS 363.510 to 363.850, commodities not in liquid
form shall be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count:
provided, that liquid commodities may be sold by weight, and commodities not in
liquid form may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as
to the quantity of commodity sold; and provided further, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply:
(a) To commodities when sold for immediate consumption on the premises where
sold,
(b) To vegetables when sold by head or bunch,
(c) To commodities in containers standardized by a law of this state or by federal
law,
(d) To commodities in package form when there exists a general consumer usage
to express the quantity in some other manner,
(e) To concrete aggregates, concrete mixtures, and loose solid materials such as
earth, soil, gravel, crushed stone, and the like, when sold by cubic measure, or
(f) To unprocessed vegetable and animal fertilizer when sold by cubic measure.
The director may issue such reasonable regulations as are necessary to assure that
amounts of commodity sold are determined in accordance with good commercial
practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to
all parties at interest.
History: Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 264, sec. 22.
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