Oregon Statutes 618.201 – Sampling of packages and commodities; ordering packages and commodities withheld from sale; disposition after order
(1) The State Department of Agriculture, as often as necessary to provide adequate protection, shall weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are sold, offered or exposed for sale in accordance with ORS § 618.010 to 618.246. If such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be sold, offered or exposed for sale in violation of ORS § 618.010 to 618.246, the department may order them withheld from sale and may so mark or tag them.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 618.201
- Commodity: means any merchandise, product or substance produced or distributed for sale to, or use by, others. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Intrastate commerce: means any and all commerce or trade begun, carried on and completed wholly within the limits of this state. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- sell: include barter and exchange. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
(2) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the department may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot.
(3) No person shall:
(a) Sell, offer or expose for sale, in intrastate commerce, any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered withheld from sale and marked or tagged as provided in this section until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all the requirements of ORS § 618.010 to 618.246; or
(b) Otherwise dispose of any package or amount of the commodity that has been ordered withheld from sale and marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with the requirements of ORS § 618.010 to 618.246, in any manner, except with the specific approval of the department. [1973 c.293 § 10; 2005 c.22 § 430]