Purpose and Authority

202 CMR 7.00 is promulgated pursuant to St. 2012, c. 138, An Act Relative to Clear and Conspicuous Price Disclosure and St. 2013, c. 38, §§ 82 through 85. The purpose of 202 CMR 7.00 is to clarify and implement statutory amendments to M.G.L. c. 94, §§ 184B through 184E, and M.G.L. c. 98, § 56D, and to establish standards for price disclosure in food stores and food departments and the process for waiver from individual item pricing in food stores or food departments utilizing a consumer price scanner system. The provisions of 202 CMR 7.00 are severable, and should anyprovision be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of 202 CMR 7.00.