Web Site:

www.mass.gov/standards

Organization Chart

Mission:

The primary mission of the Division of Standards is to provide uniformity in the marketplace by enforcing standard accuracy requirements for devices used in the weighing or measuring of any item sold by weight, measure or count.

Governing Laws:

Statutes

MGL C. 24A S. 5

Enabling Statute

MGL C. 94 S. 295A-295C

Petroleum Products

MGL C. 94 S. 303F

Fuel Oil

MGL C. 98 S. 1-56

Weights an Measures

MGL C. 99 S. 1-5

Metric Weights and Measures

MGL C. 100 S. 1-13

Auctioneers

MGL C. 100A S. 1-10

Motor Vehicle Damage Repair Shops

MGL C. 101 S. 1-34

Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Peddlers

MGL C. 94 S. 184B-184E

Item Pricing

Regulations

202 CMR 5.0

UNIT PRICING AND AUTOMATED RETAIL CHECKOUT SYSTEMS

202 CMR 7.0

Price Disclosure