TITLE 21 AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING

CHAPTER 16 AGRICULTURAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

PART 10 CHECKING THE NET CONTENTS OF PACKAGED GOODS

21.16.10.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico State University, New Mexico Department of Agriculture

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.1 NMAC - Rn & A, 21 NMAC 16.10.1, 05/29/09]

[MSC 3189, P. O. Box 30005, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8005, Telephone: (575) 646-3007]

21.16.10.2 SCOPE: All manufacturers, packers, distributors and retailers of consumer commodities.

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.2 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.2, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Granted to the board of regents of New Mexico state university under the Weights and Measures Law, Chapter 57, Article 17, Sections 1 through 19, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation.

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.3 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.3, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.4 DURATION: Permanent

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.4 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.4, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.5 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.5, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.6 OBJECTIVE: This part establishes the procedure for compliance testing and checking the net contents of packaged goods.

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.6 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.6, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

21.16.10.8 [RESERVED]

21.16.10.9 PACKAGED GOODS: The procedure for compliance testing and checking the net contents of packaged goods shall be those contained in the latest edition of national institute of standards and technology (NIST) handbook-133.

[7/1/97; 21.16.10.9 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 16.10.9, 05/29/09]

21.16.10.10 [RESERVED]

HISTORY OF 21.16.10 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives under:

NMDA Rule No. 88-21, Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods, filed 12/22/88.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]