THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1953

ISTING IN THE ROPE AND TWINE INDUSTRY.
Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the
net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all
contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed.

23. Misrepresentation of Price. —Whenever any com-
modity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or adver-
tised for sale by weight, measure or count, the price shall
not be misrepresented, nor shall the price be represented
in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive
an actual or prospective purchaser.

24. Meat and Poultry. — That except for immediate con-
sumption on the premises where sold, all meat, meat prod-
ucts, and poultry, offered or exposed for sale or sold as
food, shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight.

25. Butter, Oleomargarine, and Margarine. —That but-
ter, oleomargarine, and margarine shall be offered and ex-
posed for sale and sold at retail by weight, and when in
package form these commodities shall be packaged only in
packages UNITS of ¼ pound, ½ pound, 1 pound, or mul-
tiples of 1 pound, avoirdupois weight.

26. Fluid Milk, Cream, Buttermilk, and Cottage Cheese.
— That fluid milk, cream, and buttermilk in package form
for ultimate retail sale shall be packaged only in units of
1 gill, ½ pint, 1 pint, ⅓ quart, 1 quart, ½ gallon, 1 gallon
or multiples of 1 gallon. Cottage cheese will SHALL be sold
by weight only. and a statement of the net weight contained

on each package.

27. Bread. That each loaf of bread and each unit of a
twin or multiple leaf of bread, made or procured for sale,
kept, offered, exposed for sale, or sold, whether or not the

bread is wrapped or sliced, shall weigh ½ pound, 1 pound,
1½ pounds, or a multiple of 1 pound, avoirdupois weight,
within reasonable variations or tolerances which shall be
promulgated by regulation by the superintendent; Pro-
vided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to

biscuits, buns or rolls, or to "stale bread" sold and ex-

pressly represented at the time of sale as such, and that

the marking provisions of Section 19 shall not apply to

unwrapped loaves of bread.

27. (A) SOAP. — NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED TO APPLY TO OR AFFECT IN ANY
MANNER THE PACKAGING OR THE SALE OF ANY
FORM OF SOAP, SOAP PRODUCTS OR DETERGENTS.