General Organization

PURPOSE: This rule complies with section 536.023, RSMo which requires each agency to adopt as a rule a description of its operation and the method where the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests. (1) The Division of Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection is a unit of the Department of Agriculture, state of Missouri. The primary responsibility of this division is to maintain equity in the marketplace. This is accomplished by assuring the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices which are used commercially; monitoring the weighing and measuring practices of buyers and sellers alike to assure accuracy and fair dealing in the exchange of goods and services; establishing requirements for methods and tolerances for moisture-measuring devices; inspecting eggs to insure they meet proper grade standards for quality and size; prohibiting milk sales practices that unfairly divert trade from a competitor; establishing safety standards for handling and use of anhydrous ammonia, liquefied petroleum gases, and petroleum products; establishing quality standards for motor fuel; to restore, maintain, and preserve locations of the corners set by the original surveys of the United States Public Land Surveys and their subsequent extensions along with all pertinent field notes, plats, and documents; to establish and maintain a record storage and retrieval system for all land survey records in this state; to extend geodetic control surveys to permit general use of the Missouri State Coordinate System; and to prescribe and disseminate regulations to assist in uniform and professional surveying methods and standards. The division consists of five (5) programs to carry out these duties—Metrology Laboratory, Scale/Egg/Milk Program, Petroleum/Propane/Anhydrous Ammonia Program, Grain Moisture Meter Program and The Land Survey Program. (2) The address of the division is 1616 Missouri Boulevard, PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (3) The address of the Land Survey Program is 1251A Gale Drive, PO Box 937, Rolla, MO 65402-0937. Telephone (573) 368-2300. AUTHORITY: section 536.023, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 2 CSR 401.010. Original rule filed April 9, 1976, effective July 15, 1976. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 9, 1981, effective Feb. 11, 1982. Rescinded: Filed Oct. 10, 1982, effective Jan. 13, 1983. Readopted: Filed May 17, 1988, effective Aug. 11, 1988. Amended: Filed April 17, 1990, effective June 28, 1990. Amended: Filed Dec. 1, 2016, effective June 30, 2017. *Original authority: 536.023, RSMo 1975, amended 1976, 1997, 2004.