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 North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Standards Division works to ensure equity, safety and quality in North Carolina’s marketplaces. Part of that mission involves enforcing the North Carolina LP-Gas Inspection Law. The division’s LP-Gas Program inspects LP-gas installations, transportation vehicles and measuring systems. When working with LP-gas cylinders it’s important to keep … Read more
Any place in North Carolina that stores, dispenses or delivers propane is inspected by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Standards Division LP-Gas Program. Inspectors perform inspections to make sure that propane companies are following regulations in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code (LP-Gas Code). Inspectors routinely check these sites to ensure the product … Read more
The fifth video in the “We Do That!” series focuses on the Standards Division and highlights the job of inspector Clay McIntyre. As with the other videos in the series, the goal is to showcase one of the many different types of jobs within the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. If you can … 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
In less than six months, work is expected to be completed on the NCDA&CS Agricultural Sciences Center. For a project that has been more than four years in the making, the approaching deadline brings excitement and a greater focus on the next challenge – moving five separate lab facilities into one building. The laboratory complex … Read more
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” As the weather turns colder, many people across the state rely on propane to stay warm. The department’s Standards Division works with propane dealers and offers some safety tips for winter storms and for using space heaters … Read more
With colder weather closing in, making sure your home is well-heated is especially important right now. Many people across North Carolina rely on propane to heat their homes and power their appliances. Check out the video above to learn about how NCDA&CS Weights and Measures inspectors make sure that propane customers get exactly what they … Read more
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” While our gas inspectors are checking pumps for accuracy, they also keep an eye out for any skimming devices that have been placed in pumps trying to steal people’s credit and debit card information. Our inspectors have … Read more
