Gov. Ridge Signs Potato Packaging Bill
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Slate Gov. Tom Ridge on
Thursday signed into law legisla
tion that allows retailers to pack
age potatoes in variable weights up
to amounts of three pounds.
Agriculture Secretary Charles
Brosius praised the move in a news
release, stating, “The Ridge admi
nistration is committed to increas
ing profitability of fanners in Pen
nsylvania. This legislation will
enable potato growers to meet the
demands of a changing market and
will mean increased sales.
The legislation. House Bill 2008
sponsored by Rep. Bob Allen R-
Schuylkill, makes is legal for
retailers to sell potatoes in pack
ages of less than three pounds.
The existing law made it illegal
to sell packaged potatoes in lots
other than three, five, 10, IS, 20,
2S, SO, 100 or multiples of 100
pounds.
According to Tom Lyon, district
manager for the Pennsylvania
Cooperative Potato Growers Inc.,
Harrisburg, the law preventing the
sale of packaged weights in other
than prescribed poundages had
been originally created to provide
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the consumer with reliable
amounts of potatoes, instead of
having some sell potatoes in
10-pound bags, while others sold
them in nine-pound, eight-pound,
or some other closely related
weights.
The industry-driven law was
done to prevent customer confu
sion and to eliminate the tempta
tion to trick consumers into pur
chasing lower weights in similar
sized bags to higher-weight
packages.
'Actually, the law change Ridge
signed maintains the integrity of
the original law, while allowing
retailers to sell potatoes in lots less
than three pounds in a manner
similar to how cheese or meat is
retailed at a cost per pound in
variable weight packages.
The new packaging is intended
to help the sale of potatoes because
smaller families and senior citi
zens require and want smaller
amounts, instead of having to
purchase three, five or 10 pound
bags of potatoes.
Any packages of potatoes
weighing more than three pounds
still has to be sol
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weight increments. The only
exception are unpackaged pota
toes, which customers can current
ly select from bins and package
themselves. There is no limit on
the weights the customer selects.
According to Brosius, the SAT. MAY IB- Spring Con- east t ß tla vs(
change in regulations will benefit signmont Sale 3665 Schalk stewaft Ron j 4 Ron s
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