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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM YOUR
MEDINA COUNTY AUDITOR
According to Chapter 119 of the
Revised Code, commercial weighing and measuring devices, such as
scales and scanners, must be positioned so that its indications
may be accurately read and the weighing or
measuring operation may be observed from some reasonable
"customer" position.
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SOME
INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR YOU
Weights and Measures plays a vital role in our
everyday lives. Our economy is based on the monetary value placed
on goods and services bought, sold and traded daily.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture
is the custodian of the Ohio Primary of Weights and Measures,
which are traceable to U.S. Standards of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Local jurisdictions are
responsible for testing and inspecting all commercial weighing
and measuring devices such as deli scales, gas pumps, UPC
scanners etc. The state assists in testing and inspecting of
vehicle scales, livestock scales, fuel meters (fuel oil, gasoline
and LP gas) and packaged consumer goods.
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