Some days, Valerie Thoms feels like she’s living in the arcade game “Frogger.” In the 1980s game, players guide frogs across a busy road to their homes, avoiding traffic and other hazards. Thoms is a fuel quality inspector with the NCDA&CS Fuel Quality Program. Watching closely for moving vehicles, she safely maneuvers her way from … Read more
The department’s Standards Division inspectors are hard at work every day checking items that are involved in trade to ensure their accuracy. Most consumers come in contact with these items on a regular basis. A couple of examples are price scanners at check-out and gas pumps, but there are more things inspectors check as well. … Read more
Summary: Employees with our Standards Division work hard everyday to protect consumers in retail transactions such as checking the accuracy of price scanners and gas pumps. Inspections over the past six months have found an uptick in price scanner errors during inspections, prompting a reminder to check prices at checkout. Every so often I like … Read more
