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Agriculture commissioner outlines price‑verification program; inspectors found overcharge errors at many retailers
Summary
San Joaquin County presented early results from a quantity‑control (price verification) program: inspectors visited roughly 450 retail locations and tested about 6,800 items, finding 7.8% of sampled items overcharged and a 2.1% overall error rate by dollars; staff proposed a scanner/registration ordinance to fund and expand inspections.
Kamal Baghery, the county Agriculture Commissioner and sealer of weights and measures, and Matt Hochman, agriculture biologist and standards inspector, briefed the board on results from a quantity‑control program launched in January 2025 after the county hired an inspector in mid‑2024. Hochman said inspectors visited roughly 450 retail locations across the county, made about 6,800 purchases and used randomized item selection and…
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