As used in this article:

1. “Correct” means conformance to all applicable requirements of this article;

2. “Field standard” means the physical standards which are traceable to the reference standards through comparisons, using acceptable laboratory procedures, and used in the enforcement of weights and measures laws and rules;

3. “National Conference on Weights and Measures, Inc. (NCWM)” means the national professional organization composed of regulatory officials, industry representatives, and individuals having an interest in weights and measures that develop consensus standards in areas of weighing and measuring device regulation, commodity regulation, and administration of regulatory weights and measures program;

4. “National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)” means that subdivision of the United States Department of Commerce responsible for maintaining the standard weights and measures of the United States;

5. “Package” means any commodity put up or uniformly wrapped or sealed in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale;

6. “Reference standards” means the physical standards of the state which serve as the legal reference from which all other standards and weights and measures are derived;

7. “Sale from bulk” means the sale of commodities when the quantity is determined at the time of sale; and

8. “Weights or measures” means all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliance and accessories associated with any instruments and devices. “Weight” used in connection with any commodity means net weight.

Added by Laws 1976, c. 108, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 1976. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 54, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000. Renumbered from § 5-61a of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.