Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of
Rule 02.02.14 - RULES FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Section 02.02.14.260 - VARIATIONS TO BE ALLOWED

a. Variations from Declared Net Quantity. Variations from the declared net weight, measure, or count are permitted when caused by unavoidable deviations in weighing, measuring, or counting the contents of individual packages that occur in good packaging practice, but such variations are not permitted to such extent that the average of the quantities in the packages of a particular commodity, or a lot of the commodity that is kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, is below the quantity stated, and no unreasonable shortage in any package is permitted, even though overages in other packages in the same shipment, delivery, or lot compensate for such shortage. Variations above the declared quantity may not be unreasonably large.

b. Variations Resulting from Exposure. Variations from the declared weight or measure are permitted when caused by ordinary and customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in change of weight or measure, but only after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce, provided that the phrase "introduced into intrastate commerce" as used in this paragraph must be construed to define the time and the place at which the first sale and delivery of a package is made within the state, the delivery being either: