Massachusetts § 287 Weight or measure variances

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 287 — Weight or measure variances

Massachusetts § 287

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 94INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD, DRUGS AND VARIOUS ARTICLES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 287 (2026).

Text

Section 287. An average of not less than ten units of thread of the same type and put-up, selected at random from such units referred to in section two hundred and eighty-five, kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, shall not weigh or measure more than three per centum less than the net weight or number of yards marked on such units or on the package containing such units.

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Section 287. An average of not less than ten units of thread of the same type and put-up, selected at random from such units referred to in section two hundred and eighty-five, kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, shall not weigh or measure more than three per centum less than the net weight or number of yards marked on such units or on the package containing such units.