Section 91.02. Bulk commodities sold by weight.

 

(1)  Whenever a bulk or unpackaged commodity is offered for sale by weight, the price of that commodity shall be computed, advertised, and displayed according to NIST Handbook 130 , ch. IV.B, section 1.9.

(2)  If a retailer displays more than one type of bulk or unpackaged commodity for sale by weight in the same retail display, the retailer shall declare all of the prices of the displayed commodities per the same whole unit of weight.

(3)  No person may sell a bulk or unpackaged commodity by weight at retail unless one of the following applies:

(a) The commodity is weighed at the time of sale.

(b) The weights of individual commodity units are accurately premarked on those units.

(c) A placard stating the guaranteed minimum individual weight of the individual commodity units displayed for sale is conspicuously posted at the display location.

(4)  The weight of a bulk or unpackaged commodity sold by weight may not include the weight of the containers or wrappers, if any, in which those commodities are sold.

(5)  When a bulk commodity sold by weight is delivered by vehicle to an individual purchaser, the bulk delivery shall comply with s. 98.22 , Stats.

Cr. Register, July 1977, No. 259 , eff. 8-1-77; renum. and am. (1), (2), (4) to Ag 54.01 (3), (6) and (13), renum. (3) to Ag 54.01 (7), (1) renum. from Ag 54.07, cr. (2) and (3) Register, February 1991, No. 422 , eff. 3-1-91; r. and recr., Register, June, 1998, No. 510 , eff. 7-1-98; CR 09-037 : am. (1) Register December 2009 No. 648 , eff. 1-1-10.

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