California Code of Regulations
Title 4 - Business Regulations
Division 9 - Division of Measurement Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture
Chapter 9 - Weighmaster Enforcement
Article 7 - Average Tare Weights
Section 4461 - Establishing
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Average tare weights for containers of uniform weight range, under the control of one user, and used to transport any commodity, may either be established according to the procedures prescribed in Sections 4440-4445 (Common Tare Weights) of this Subchapter, or according to subsection (b) below.
If, however, the containers are of such construction or treatment as to vary in weight as a result of hydrocooling, the average tare weight must be established according to subsection (b) below.
(b) A weighmaster shall randomly select two (2) containers for the first fifty (50) containers in the lot, and one (1) additional container for each fifty (50) additional containers in the lot. However, at no time shall the random sample size be less than three (3) containers.
The average tare weight shall be determined by mathematically dividing the total weight of the random sample by the number of containers in the sample.
The average tare weight determined from the sample shall be rounded as prescribed in Section 4443 of this Subchapter. The weighmaster certificate issued for containers shall show the total number of containers, the number of sample containers, and the average tare weight.
1. Editorial
correction filed 7-15-83 (Register 83, No. 30).
2. Amendment of
subsection (b) filed 4-25-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86,
No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 12027, 12723 and 12735, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 12722 and 12723, Business and Professions Code.
