§ 4-18-342 - Packages or amounts of commodities -- Inspection -- Disposition of nonconforming units. - Arkansas Statutes

4-18-342. Packages or amounts of commodities -- Inspection -- Disposition of nonconforming units.

(a) (1) The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards 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 the packages or amounts of commodities contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in accordance with law.

(2) When the 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 director may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal.

(b) A person shall not:

(1) Sell, 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 or that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements in any manner except with the specific approval of the director.