Indiana § 24-6-8-1 - Standard weights; violation; exceptions
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§ 24-6-8-1. Standard weights; violation; exceptions
Sec. 1. It is a Class C infraction for a person to pack for sale, sell, offer, or expose for sale any of the following commodities except in containers of net avoirdupois weights of five (5), ten (10), twenty-five (25), fifty (50), and one hundred (100) pounds, and multiples of one hundred (100) pounds: Wheat flour, self-rising wheat flour, phosphated wheat flour, bromated flour, enriched flour, enriched self-rising flour, enriched bromated flour, corn flour, corn meals, hominy and hominy grits. However, this section does not apply to (1) the retailing of flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits direct to the consumer from bulk stock, (2) the sale of flours and meals to commercial bakers or blenders in containers of more than one hundred (100) pounds, (3) the sale of flours and meals for export, (4) flours, meals, hominy and hominy grits packed in containers the net contents of which are less than three (3) pounds, or (5) the exchange of wheat for flour by mills grinding for toll.
Formerly: Acts 1945, c.150, s.1; Acts 1947, c.130, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2425.
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Section 24-6-8-1 ("Standard weights; violation; exceptions") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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