New Jersey § 51:1-2

§ 51:1-2.

As used in this chapter: a. “ Commodity ” means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement,

goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting

system , but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares,

merchandise, or fuel which is not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct

from the seller ; b. “ Commodity in package form ” means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable

for either wholesale or retail sale. An individual item or lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this

section, but on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price

per unit of weight or of measure, shall be construed to be a commodity in package

form. Where the term “ package ” is used in chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes, it shall be construed

to mean “ commodity in package form ” as herein defined. For the purpose of this definition, single unit produce items wrapped in clear film

shall not be construed as commodities in package form; c. “ Food ” or “ foods ” means articles used for food or drink for man or animals, chewing gum and articles

used as ingredients of the foregoing; d. “ Physical property ” means mass, weight, length, volume, pressure, electricity, electromagnetic forces,

radiation, thermodynamics, coefficients of expansion, gravitational forces or any

other measurable attribute or quantity, including count; e. “ Weight and measure ” or “ weights and measures ” means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count

or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and

accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof; f. “ Weights and measures official ” or “ weights and measures officer ” means, at the State level, the State superintendent, deputy State superintendent,

assistant State superintendent, State supervisor, State metrologist, and State weights

and measures officers of all grades; and at the county and municipal levels, means

the superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents of all grades,

and weights and measures officers of all grades; g. “ Gross weight ” means the weight of a vehicle in a loaded state; h. “ Net weight ” means the gross weight of a vehicle minus the tare weight of the vehicle; and i. “ Tare weight ” means the weight of a vehicle in an unloaded state.