New Jersey · statute · N.J. Stat. tit. 51 · 300 active provisions
Nothing in this title shall be construed to abrogate or impair the power of the governing body of any municipality or of the courts to enforce any provision now existing or hereafter adopted in any municipal charter, ordinance or regulation, not inconsistent with this chapter, or to prevent or punish violations thereof…
51:1-2. As used in this chapter: a. "Commodity" means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting system, but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares, merchandise, or…
The inch-pound system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system or System International (SI) of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and one or the other, or both, of these systems shall be used for all purposes in this State. The definitions of basic units of weight an…
The standard yard shall contain three feet of thirty-six inches.
The standard chain for the measurement of land shall consist of four rods of sixty-six feet.
Steel measuring tapes used by professional land surveyors and professional engineers shall be compared by the State superintendent at least once in five years with standards traceable to the National Bureau of Standards. Every professional land surveyor and professional engineer engaged in surveying and engineering wit…
The standard gross ton shall consist of two thousand, two hundred and forty pounds. The standard net ton shall consist of two thousand pounds.
The standard avoirdupois pound, which shall be the standard for all commodities usually sold by weight, except gold, silver, jewels and drugs, shall contain seven thousand grains troy. The standard pound used in the sale of gold, silver, jewels and drugs, shall contain five thousand seven hundred and sixty grains troy.
The standard gallon shall contain two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches. The standard liquid quart shall contain fifty-seven and seventy-five one-hundredths cubic inches.
All milk, skimmed milk or cream, except such as may be bought or sold either by weight or on the butter fat basis, shall be sold, offered for sale or received for the purpose of sale by the liquid gallon, or the liquid quart or the proper and complete liquid subdivisions thereof.
Each can originally containing more or less than forty quarts of milk or cream shall bear a label or tag naming in quarts its original capacity of liquid measure but no can originally containing forty quarts, liquid measure, shall be labeled or tagged.
51:1-12. A person violating any provision of sections 51:1-10 or 51:1-11 of this Title shall be liable to a penalty of $100.00 to be recovered in the municipal court or Superior Court by any person who may sue therefor. Such penalty when recovered shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the violati…
Every firkin, tub or other vessel for the package of butter or cheese shall be branded in legible letters and characters by the cooper or manufacturer with his name and the actual and true weight of the firkin, tub or vessel. A cooper or manufacturer who shall dispose of any such firkin, tub or vessel without such bran…
Any person who shall sell or dispose of butter or cheese in a firkin, tub or vessel manufactured for such purpose in this State which is not branded as required by section 51:1-13 of this Title and any person who shall alter or purposely deface such brand shall forfeit and pay the sum of $100.00 to such person as shall…
No person shall use a liquid measure in the purchase or sale of other than liquid commodities.
The standard bushel shall contain two thousand one hundred and fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches which capacity shall apply to all articles usually sold by the bushel and not weighed.
All articles of food, other than liquids, which are capable of being measured by dry capacity measure and which heretofore have been sold by dry capacity measure in this State shall, except as hereinafter provided, be offered for sale or sold upon the basis of avoirdupois net weight or by numerical count only, and it s…
All bread shall be sold by weight. The weight of all loaves of bread offered for sale shall be specified by the baker or dealer to the consumer, if the consumer require it.
The standard peach basket shall be 16 quarts Winchester half-bushel measure. It shall be of the following dimensions: Height, 12 1/4 inches; width across the top, 13 1/2 inches; inside measurement, 1,075.10 cubic inches. Each basket shall be marked "Standard N.J." upon the staves just below the rim in Roman letters, no…
Except as standards are otherwise provided by law, no person shall sell or deliver, or have in possession with intent to sell or deliver any fruits, berries or vegetables contained in any box, basket or other container, unless such box, basket or other container shall be of the capacity, in standard dry measure, of thi…
No person shall sell or deliver, or have in possession with intent to sell or deliver, any fruit, berries or vegetables contained in any basket, box or other container, unless such basket, box or other container shall have legibly marked on the outside thereof, by the manufacturer thereof, in English letters or Arabic…
Any person violating any of the provisions of either section 51:1-26 or section 51:1-27 of this Title shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00 for each offense. Such penalty may be sued for and recovered by the State superintendent or by the county or municipal superintendent of weight…
Any person who shall pack, or cause to be packed for the purpose of selling, offering or exposing for sale any fruits or vegetables, in crates, covered baskets, carriers, sacks or other containers shall plainly and conspicuously mark in lettering not less than 3/8 of an inch in size, on the outside or top of such conta…
a. No person shall distribute, expose for sale, sell, or have in his possession with intent to distribute, expose for sale or sell any article or commodity in package form, unless the label bears statements: (1) Specifying the identity of the commodity in common terms; (2) Identifying the legal name and principal place…
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person may manufacture, pack, distribute, deliver, cause to be delivered, sell, expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to do any of the foregoing, a commodity in package form consisting predominantly (more than 50%) of a hydrate of sodium tet…