DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey highlighted the important work of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Weights and Measures Bureau as part of Weights and Measures week, which runs began Sunday.
“Our Weights and Measures Bureau inspectors are on the front line of consumer protection, ensuring the accuracy of small devices, like gas pumps and counter scales, as well as large devices, such as truck scales,” Northey said.
There are more than 57,000 licensed commercial weighing and measuring devices in Iowa, with 11 inspectors throughout the state testing for precision annually. This includes approximately 39,000 gas pump meters and more than 16,000 scales, including 5,600 large truck, livestock, platform and railroad scales as well as 10,500 small counter scales, such as those at grocery stores, farmers markets and gold buyers.