Massachusetts § 56A Location of scales for food sold at retail

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 56A — Location of scales for food sold at retail

Massachusetts § 56A

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVREGULATION OF TRADE

Ch. 98WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, § 56A (2026).

Text

Section 56A. Whoever places a scale or weighing device when used in weighing food sold at retail by weight in the presence of the purchaser so that the weight indicator may not be read and the weighing operations be observed by the purchaser shall be punished by a fine of $50, or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

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