Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 70. WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS |
PART II. Packaging and Labeling |
Chapter 23. Consumer Packages, Commodities and Containers |
SubChapter C. SPECIFIC COMMODITY DECLARATIONS |
Section 23.108. Random weight packaged meat and meat products
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In the wholesale sale and delivery of random weight packaged meat and meat products, lots composed entirely of like units as to formula, process in manufacture, quality and grade of ingredients, except as to weight, each unit may not be required to have the net weight marked thereon at the time of the wholesale sale and delivery to a retail merchant only if there is compliance with the following provisions:
(1) The entire bulk package containing the individual units is effectively sealed at the time of sale and delivery and has the content of the bulk package plainly and legibly marked thereon in terms of net weight.
(2) The sale and weighing of the lot takes place on the premises of the retailer, in the presence of the retailer or his designated agent, and the result of the weighing, expressed in terms of net weight, is immediately communicated by the wholesaler or his agent to the retailer or his agent.
The provisions of this § 23.108 adopted October 21, 1970, effective October 22, 1970, 1 Pa.B. 44.