On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:42:45 -0500, you wrote:
>2001-01-28
>
>Chris,
>
>I'm confused on something here. I was under the impression that all food
>massed (or weighed) in the presence of the customer had to be in kilograms
>only. If the trader has a dual scale, allowing for both units to be
>displayed, then how is he/she following the law?
It has to be in kilograms, period. If it also display pounds at the
same time, fine. But some scales are switchable. Perhaps those who
formed the legislation overlooked these, but I believe that they must
always be switched to kg.
>If he changes the setting
>of the scale, assuming it is digital, to the pound setting, then the trader
>is not selling or weighing by the kilogram. What is to prevent the person
>owning such a scale from cheating? That is when he/she assumes no one is
>looking, changing the switch setting to pounds and using that. If the scale
>is analogue, and shows both kilograms and pounds, then how is the trader
>selling by the kilogram, if he is looking at the pounds and ignoring the
>kilograms.
>
>I guess the only solution to this problem is if the scale companies only
>make single unit scales, so that no switching can be done. This would also
>make for a less expensive scale as there would be fewer parts or less memory
>intensive software to install.
I had read that there had been a surge in sales of these dual types; I
assume this refers to the switchable sort (I imagine an electronic
display showing both would be quite an overhead). Perhaps Ian can
enlighten us on the availability of the type and the legal aspects?
Chris
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