[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR317.21]

[Page 175]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 317--LABELING, MARKING DEVICES, AND CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 317.21  Scales: testing of.

    (a) The operator of each official establishment that weighs meat 
food products shall cause such scales to be tested for accuracy, in 
accordance with the technical requirements of NIST Handbook 44, at least 
once during the calendar year. In cases where the scales are found not 
to maintain accuracy between tests, more frequent tests may be required 
and monitored by an authorized USDA program official.
    (b) The operator of each official establishment shall display on or 
near each scale a valid certification of the scale's accuracy from a 
State or local government's weights and measures authority or from a 
State registered or licensed scale repair firm or person.

[55 FR 49834, Nov. 30, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 45024, Aug. 25, 1997; 
65 FR 34389, May 30, 2000]