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(b)
Whenever a grade, brand, blend,
			 or mixture is offered for sale from a device at more than one unit price, then
			 all of the unit prices at which that product is offered for sale shall be
			 displayed or shall be capable of being displayed on the dispenser using
			 controls available to the customer prior to the delivery of the product. It is
			 not necessary that all of the unit prices for all grades, brands, blends, or
			 mixtures be simultaneously displayed prior to the delivery of the product. This
			 subsection shall not apply to fleet sales, other contract sales, or truck
			 refueling sales (e.g., sales from dispensers used to refuel trucks).
[Effective and nonretroactive as of January 1,
				1991]
(Amended 1989 and 1997)
S.1.6.4.2. Product Identity.
(a) A device shall be able to conspicuously
			 display on each side the identity of the product being dispensed.
(b) A device designed to dispense more than
			 one grade, brand, blend, or mixture of product also shall be able to display on
			 each side the identity of the grade, brand, blend, or mixture being
			 dispensed.
S.1.6.5. Money-Value Computations.
(a)
A computing device shall compute
			 the total sales price at any single-purchase unit price (i.e., excluding fleet
			 sales, other price contract sales, and truck stop dispensers used only to
			 refuel trucks) for which the product being measured is offered for sale at any
			 delivery possible within either the measurement range of the device or the
			 range of the computing elements, whichever is less.
(b) The analog sales price indicated for any
			 delivered quantity shall not differ from a mathematically computed price
			 (quantity x unit price = total sales price) by an amount greater than the value
			 in Table 1. (Amended 1984, 1989, and 1993)
S.1.6.5.1. Money-Value Divisions, Analog.
- The
				values of the graduated intervals representing money values on a computing type
				device shall be no greater than those in Table 1.
(Amended 1991)
Table 1.
Money-Value Divisions and
Maximum Allowable Variations for
						  Money-Value
Computations on Mechanical Analog
						  Computers
Unit Price
Money Value Division
Maximum Allowable Variation
From
To and including
Design Test
Field Test
0
0.25/liter or $1.00/gallon
1¢
±1¢
±1¢
0.25/liter or $1.00/gallon
0.75/liter or $3.00/gallon
1¢ or 2¢
±1¢
±1¢
0.75/liter or $3.00/gallon
2.50/liter or $10.00/gallon
1¢ or 2¢
±1¢
±1¢
0.75/liter or $3.00/gallon
2.50/liter or $10.00/gallon
5¢
±21/1¢
±5¢
S.1.6.5.2.
Money-Value Divisions, Digital.
- A
				computing type device with digital indications shall comply with the
				requirements of paragraph G.S.5.5. Money Values, Mathematical Agreement, and
				the total
2004
Amendments
The following table lists the codes, paragraphs, and pages in
				which the 89th National Conference on Weights and
				Measures made amendments. In the column headed "Action," changes are noted as
				"added," "amended," "deleted," or "renumbered." Each code, section, or
				paragraph that has been changed will be noted as "Added 2004" or "Amended
				2004."
SECTION
CODE
S&T
ITEM
NO.
PARAGRAPH
ACTION
PAGE
Section 2
Table of Contents
324-1
2.24.
Deleted text "Tentative Code"
2-1
2.20
Scales
320-1
S.1.12.
Amended
2-9
UR.3.9.
Amended
2-38
320-3
Table S.6.3.a.
Amended
2-16
Table S.6.3.b. Note 24
Added Note
2-18
320-4
N.3.2.
Added
2-24
320-5
N.1.5.
Amended
2-22
320-6
Table 3 Footnote 5
Added Footnote
2-14
2.21
Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
321-1
S.1.5.
Amended
2-46
UR.l.
Amended
2-51
321-2
N.2.
Amended
2-48
N.2.1.,N.2.2.,N.2.3.
Added
2-48
321-3
N.3.1.2.,N.3.1.3.
Amended
2-49
T.l.l.
Added
2-50
321-4
N.3.1.4.
Amended
2-49
321-5
T.3.1.1.
Amended
2-51
321-6
UR.2.2.(b)
Amended
2-52
321-7
UR.3.2.
Amended
Added new subsection (b)
and renumbered existing
U.R.3.2.(b) through
UR.3.2.(e)toUR.3.2.(c)
through UR.3.2.(f)
2-53
through
2-54
2.24
Automatic
Weighing
Systems
324-1
Preface
Amended to reflect change in status of code from
						  "tentative" to "permanent"
2-65
A.l.
Amended
2-65
A.l. Footnote 1, Footnote 2
Added
2-65
A.2.(g), Footnote 3
Added
2-66
A.4.
Deleted
2-66
S.1.l.(a), S.1.l.l.(c)
Amended
2-66
S.1.2.1.
Amended
2-66
S.1.3.(b)
Amended
2-67
S.2.1.1.
Amended
2-67
S.2.2. Note
Amended
2-68
S.4.1.
Deleted; subsequent paragraphs renumbered
2-68
Table S.6.
Amended
2-69
N.1.4.
Added
2-72
N.2.
Title deleted
2-72
N.2.1.andN.2.2.
Renumbered to paragraphs N.1.5. and N.1.6.
2-72
SECTION
CODE
S&T
ITEM
NO.
PARAGRAPH
ACTION
PAGE
N.3.
Renumbered to N.2. Amended paragraph and
						  note.
2-72
2.24 (cont'd)
Automatic
Weighing
Systems
324-1 (cont'd)
N.3.1.
Amended title Renumbered paragraph and subparagraphs to
						  N.2.1.
2-73
N.3.1.6.
Deleted
N.3.2.,N.3.2.1.
Deleted
N.3.3
Amended title
2-73
N.3.3.1.,N.3.3.2.
Amended
Renumbered to N.2.2.1. and
N.2.2.2.
2-73
N.4.
Renumbered to N.3.
2-73
N.4.1.andN.4.2.
Amended, Renumbered to N.3.1. andN.3.2.
2-73
N.4.3.,N.4.3.1.,N.4.3.2.
Deleted
T.2.2.
Amended
2-74
T.3.1.1.,T.3.1.2.
Amended title
2-74
T.3.2.1.
Amended
2-74
T.3.2.2.
Amended
2-74
Table T.3.2.1., Table
T.3.2.2.
Amended title
2-74
T.3.3.1.1.,T.3.3.1.2.
Amended title
2-75
T.3.3.1.2.(a), (b)
Amended
2-75
T.3.3.2.1.,T.3.3.2.2.
Amended title
2-75
T.3.3.2.2.(b)
Amended
2-75
T.5.
Amended
2-76
T.6.
Amended
2-76
T.7.2.
Deleted
T.7.3.
Renumbered to T.7.2., Amended, and Added new
						  note
2-76
T.8.
Amended
2-77
UR.3.2.
Amended
2-77
automatic gravimetric filling machine
						  (instrument)
Moved to Appendix D
D-2
automatic checkweigher
Amended and moved to Appendix D
D-l
automatic weighing systems
(aws)
Amended and moved to Appendix D
D-l
non-automatic checkweigher
Moved to Appendix D
D-13
non-automatic weighing system
Moved to Appendix D
D-13
systematic (average) error
[x-BAR]
Moved to Appendix D
D-19
random error(s)
Moved to Appendix D
D-16
test puck
Amended and moved to Appendix D
D-20
weigh-labeler
Amended and moved to Appendix D
D-2
SECTION
CODE
S&T
ITEM
NO.
PARAGRAPH
ACTION
PAGE
3.30.
Liquid-Measuring Devices
330-1
S.2.2.1.
Added
3-8
330-2
S.4.4.2.
Amended
3-12
Section 5
Table of Contents
358-7
5.58
Deleted text "Tentative Code"
5-1
5.58.
Multiple Dimension Measuring
Devices
358-1
S.1.6.
Amended
5-50
TableS. 1.6.
Amended
5-50
UR.5., Table UR.5.
Added
5-55
through
5-56
358-2
S.1.8.
Amended
5-51
Table S.4. Lb.
Amended
5-53
358-3
S.3.
Amended
5-52
358-4
N.l.4.1.
Added
5-53
358-5
T.3.
Amended
5-54
358-6
T.5.2.,T.5.2.L, T.5.2.2.
Amended
5-54
T.7.
Deleted
358-7
Preface
Amended to reflect change in status of code from
						  "tentative" to "permanent"
5-49
billed weight
Moved to Appendix D
D-3
"d," dimension division value
Moved to Appendix D
D-5
dimensional Weight (or dim, weight)
Moved to Appendix D
D-6
measuring element
Moved to Appendix D
D-ll
330-5
Retail Device
Amended
D-17
358-3
Measurement Field
Added
D-ll
358-4
Test Object
Added
D-20
POS nominal capacity or the Universal. Product Code is
				illegible, but the weight and unit price information are available on the item
				label and can be entered in the POS to calculate a price.
Handbook 44 includes provisions, to deter fraudulent use of the
				manual weight entry feature. Paragraph S.1.12. describes when a scale can
				accept such as entry and how it must be identified. Paragraph UR.3.9. specifies
				only four applications where the use of manual weight entries are permitted.
				Handbook 44 also requires that a scale shall be suitable for use. which
				includes its weighing capacity. The feature is not intended as a substitute for
				a system with insufficient weighing capacity
The Committee acknowledges that manual weight entries occur
				with gross and net weight packages. The Committee considered several proposals
				to address this practice. These proposals were either hmited in the
				applications they covered, unclear on what tare information that must be
				recorded, or appeared to prohibit manual tare entries. After lengthy discussion
				at the 2003 NCWM Annual Meeting, the Committee agreed to keep the following
				proposal an information item to allow sufficient time for these deficiencies to
				be addressed:
S.1.12.
Manual Weight Entries. - A de\ice shall accept
				an entry of a manual weight value only when the scale is at gross load zero and
				the scale gross or net* weight indication is at zero . Recorded manual weight
				entiies, except those on labels generated for packages of standard weights,
				shall identify' the weight value as a manual weight entry by one of the
				following terms: "Manual Weight, " "Manual Wt," or "M,iN WT. " The use of a
				symbol to identify' multiple manual weight entries on a single document is
				pennitted, provided that the symbol is defined on the same page on which the
				manual weight entries appear and the definition of the symbol is automatically
				printed by the recording element as part of the document. [Nonretroactive as
				ofJanuaiy 1, 1993] [Nonretroactive as of Januaiy 1. 2004.]
UR.3.9. Use of Manual ss Weight Entries. - Manual weight
				entries are permitted for use in the following applications only:
(1) on a point-of-sale system interfaced with
			 scales when credit is given for a weighed item or when an item is pre-weighed
			 and marked with the correct net weight:
(2) when a device or system is generatemg
			 labels for standard weight packages;
(3) when postal scales or weight classifiers
			 are generateing manifests for packages to be picked up at a later tune; -ef
			 and
(4) when- on hvestock scale and
			 vehicle scale systems generate weight tickets to correct erroneous tickets.
The Central Weights and Measures Association did not take a
				position on this issue until it had a chance to review positions taken by the
				NTETC Weighing Sector when the Sector meets later in 2003.
During its September 2003 Annual Conference, the WWMA examined
				the recommendation developed by the 2003 S&T Committee and an alternate
				proposal that limited use of the manual weight entry feature to point-of-sale
				(POS) systems. The WWMA agreed that limiting the feature to POS systems was too
				restrictive. The WWMA. also agreed that the S&T Committee's recommendation
				would make the current practice of entering preset tare values with a load on
				the scale during direct sale transactions very difficult. Consequently, the
				WWMA recommended the alternate proposal for paragraph S.1.12. shown in the
				recommendation above and modified paragraph U.3.9. to limit manual weight
				entries to either gross or net weighed items as follows:
UR.3.9. Use of Manual Weight Entries. - Manual gross or net
				weight entries are permitted for use in the following applications only:
(1) on a point-of-sale system
			 interfaced with scales when credit is given for a weighed item or when an item
			 is pre-weighed and marked with the correct net weight;
(2) when a device or system is ing labels for
			 standard weight packages;
(3) when
			 postal scales or weight classifiers are generate-ing manifests for packages to
			 be picked up at a later time: and
(4) on livestock scale and vehicle scale
			 systems that generate weight tickets to correct erroneous tickets.
The Northeastern Weights and Measures Association opposed the
				carryover recommendation developed by the 2003 S&T Committee because it
				found the language too cumbersome to address all possible scenarios where a
				manual weight entry is used.
The Scale Manufacturers Association (SMA) supported the WWMA
				proposal to modify' paragraph S.1.12. and recommended an alternate proposal to
				modify paragraph UR.3.9. shown in the recommendation above. The SMA Modify
				paragraph S.6.4 as follows: