Legal For Trade Scales

Legal for Trade Scales for Weight-Based Pricing

If the price of the products you sell is based on weight, it is required by law to use a legal for trade scale. These commercial scales go through rigorous tests to be eligible for commercial use. The balances that pass this process are certified as trade-approved scales by National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP). Items like coffee, produce, deli meat, livestock feed, fish, and dried nuts are prepackaged or directly sold by weight. Therefore, groceries, candy stores, supermarkets, or other similar facilities must use NTEP-certified scales in their transactions.  

When weight affects the price, a legal for trade scale is mandatory, and acquiring NTEP certification is only the basic requirement. There are other factors influencing the approval process. The manufacturers often seal and label their NTEP-approved scales and balances. However, weights and measures inspectors may frequently check your legal for trade scales. For example, locating your weighing machine may impair its accuracy, so you should periodically calibrate the scale. Otherwise, your scale may be taken out of service by inspectors.

Legal for trade scales are the market's most accurate and precise food scales. PLU (Price Look-Up) is a critical point in these scales. It refers to the number of items that can be preprogrammed. For instance, 1000 PLU memory capacity means you can assign 1000 different products to the numbers on the scale's keyboard. Thus, you can save information like the product's name and price per pound. Customers or cashiers won't have to manually type in this information each time.

Most legal for trade scales can connect to a PC for easier PLU creation. If you have a self-checkout station, a price-computing scale with label printing capacity can save labor and time. Customers can weigh their products, punch the preassigned buttons, and print out the label. Also, remember to check capacity, which specifies the maximum load the scale can weigh, and graduation, the smallest increment the machine can reflect.

Chef's deal provides you with a vast selection of legal for trade scales from trusted manufacturers, Alfa International, Skyfood, Tor-Rey, and more. You can also see the other types of commercial scales for your business needs.