Room 8: Grocery Scales and Packaged Goods

Information Sources



Brickenkamp, C. S.; Hasko, S.; Natrella, M. G. Checking the net contents of packaged goods. Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.) Handbook 133 - Third edition; September, 1988. 305 p.

City & County of San Francisco. (July 16, 1997). SF Consumer Advocate: Consumer Tips; Agriculture, Weights and Measures.

City of Seattle, Executive Services Department, Consumer Affairs Unit. (July 16, 1997). Information Sheet #6: Requirements for scales.

Ex-shopkeeper guilty of giving short weight. Baltimore Sun, morning ed., 1977 June 3.

Loree, Brenda. Ventura County Focus, Countywide: Consumer Aid Agency Hires New Director. Los Angeles Times, 1997 October 23, sec. Metro, 3.

Olsen, Eddie. This truth squad pores over stores: "We do a lot for consumers but they don't realize it." Philadelphia Inquirer, 1995 April 11, S01.

Store owner charged with false pretense. Baltimore Sun, 1978 March 22.