New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 16 - AGRICULTURAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Part 11 - APPLYING ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW
Section 21.16.11.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Department" means the New Mexico department of agriculture.
B. "Director" means the director/secretary of the New Mexico department of agriculture.
C. "Division director" means the director of the division of standards and consumer services within the New Mexico department of agriculture.
D. "Inspector" means an individual employed by the New Mexico department of agriculture who, under the direction of the director, is granted the same authority as the director for the administration of the Weights and Measures Law and associated rules.
E. "Violation /offense" means disregard of field enforcement actions or the law.
F. "Routine inspection" means inspections conducted within the prescribed guidelines for frequency.
G. "Testing and inspection procedures" means procedures adopted from various handbooks, rules and reference materials which include, but are not limited, to the following: the national institute of standards and technology (NIST) handbook 44, specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices; NIST handbook 133, checking the net contents of packaged goods; NIST handbook 112, examination procedure outlines for commercial weighing and measuring devices a manual for weights and measures officials; the New Mexico department of agriculture, examination procedure for price verification.
