price scanners

Standards Division employees hard at work protecting consumers in retail transactions. Staff seeing an uptick in price scanner errors in stores.

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 […]

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News Roundup: Nov. 22-26

Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “State aims to get students involved in agriculture earlier,” WNCT: An effort is underway to get students involved in […]

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News Roundup: July 4-11

Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Hurricane Arthur Damaged Hyde County Corn Crops,” WUNC: The path that Hurricane Arthur took last week hit an area […]

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News Roundup: April 18-25

Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “FDA appears to strive for middle ground in proposals for regulating e-cigs,” Winston-Salem Journal: Let the great electronic cigarette […]

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Today’s Topic: National Weights and Measures Week

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” March 1-7 is National Weights and Measures Week. It’s a time to think about the many products we buy or weigh, and even the gas we pump. On any given day, Americans make dozens of purchase […]

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