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County report finds frequent pricing errors at retail; ag department recommends scanner-registration program
Summary
San Joaquin County Agriculture and Weights & Measures staff reported results from a new price-verification program: inspections at 450 retail locations found item-level pricing errors on 12.2% of inspected items and overcharges on 7.8% of purchased items. Staff recommended a funded scanner-registration program and stepped-up enforcement.
San Joaquin County Agriculture Commissioner Kamal Bagri and Standards Inspector Matthew Hokeman presented initial results from a new quantity-control (price-verification) program on Nov. 18, telling the Board of Supervisors that inspections across 450 retail locations turned up pricing or labeling issues at a majority of stores and measurable consumer-dollar impacts.
Hokeman described the undercover, randomized test purchases used by the unit: inspectors buy items and compare the receipt to shelf prices, flyers or barcode lookups, then document…
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