Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department
Chapter 85 - Weights and Measures
Rule 21-85.2 - Weights and Measures
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1) The specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices, together with amendments thereto, as recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and published in NIST Handbook 44 amended or revised as of January 1, 2020, shall be the specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices in the state of Iowa, except as modified by state statutes, or by rules adopted and published by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship and not rescinded.
(2) The NIST Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality, Handbook 133, Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods, Type Evaluation, and all supplements to these handbooks, as published by the NIST amended or revised as of January 1, 2020, are adopted in their entirety by reference except as modified by state statutes, or by rules adopted and published by the department.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 189.9, 189.13, 189.17, 215.14, 215.18 and 215.23.
