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Board gives conceptual approval for point-of-sale scanning ordinance after inspections show frequent overcharges
Summary
Agriculture/Weights & Measures staff presented findings from 63 inspections showing frequent overcharges in scanned transactions and the board granted conceptual approval to draft a scanning (point-of-sale) consumer-protection ordinance with a small annual fee per scanner.
El Dorado County's sealer of weights and measures presented preliminary results from 63 price-verification inspections taken between November 2024 and February 2025, finding overcharges in about 42.9% of inspections and concluding that overcharges exceeded undercharges in net value. Staff requested conceptual approval…
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