RD215 - Annual Report on the Testing and Inspection Activities of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Weights and Measures Program


Executive Summary:
This document is submitted pursuant to § 3.1-928(B) of the Code of Virginia (Code), which requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to report by October I of each year to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the results of testing and inspection activities carried out by staff in the weights and measures program of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, staff-

• Inspected 63,983 weights and measures devices, or 59% of the 108,587 such devices used in commercial transactions in Virginia
• Posted an overall frequency of inspection per device of 20 months
• Investigated l,146 consumer complaints

The report also includes several informational charts.