{"id":11527,"date":"2019-04-10T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gottbs.com\/?p=11527"},"modified":"2019-04-10T15:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T19:19:02","slug":"lmi-conducts-market-awareness-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/2019\/04\/10\/lmi-conducts-market-awareness-session\/","title":{"rendered":"LMI Conducts Market Awareness Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we go to the market, almost everything we buy is priced based on its weight \u2013 bananas, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, etc.\u00a0 It is therefore important that the weighing scale is measuring the weight accurately.\u00a0 If the scale is under-weighting, then the vendor is at a disadvantage.\u00a0 For example, if the correct weight of the tomatoes is 2 kg but the scale indicates 1 \u00bd kg, then the vendor will be selling at a loss.\u00a0 If however, the scale indicates 2 \u00bd kg (over-weighing), then the buyer will be disadvantaged.\u00a0 Scales that measure accurately help create fair trade.<\/p>\n<p>During the month of April, LMI Inspectors began a series of awareness sessions with farmers and vendors in the markets concerning the verification (\u201dstamping\u201d) of their scales to ensure that they are measuring accurately.<\/p>\n<p>One such session was held on Tuesday 9th April at the San Fernando Farmers\u2019 Market and another at the Debe Farmers\u2019 Market.\u00a0 These sessions will continue at various markets nationwide as part of the ongoing conversation with stakeholders regarding the enforcement of the Metrology Act Chapter 82:06.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Metrology Act:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/2trzPo?fbclid=IwAR1k7YnBSICD261mvkP3P1klhhzjY2rb8H_6aFiNpdYlq6rpboYrhWyY8gM\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/2trzPo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11529\" src=\"http:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_3112.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we go to the market, almost everything we buy is priced based on its weight \u2013 bananas, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, etc.\u00a0 It is therefore important that the weighing scale is measuring the weight accurately.\u00a0 If the scale is under-weighting, then the vendor is at a disadvantage.\u00a0 For example, if the correct weight of the tomatoes is 2 kg but the scale indicates 1 \u00bd kg, then the vendor will be selling at a loss.\u00a0 If however, the scale indicates 2 \u00bd kg (over-weighing), then the buyer will be disadvantaged.\u00a0 Scales that measure accurately help create fair trade. During the month of April, LMI Inspectors began a series of awareness sessions with farmers and vendors in the markets concerning the verification (\u201dstamping\u201d) of their scales to ensure that they are measuring accurately. One such session was held on Tuesday 9th April at the San Fernando Farmers\u2019 Market and another at the Debe Farmers\u2019 Market.\u00a0 These sessions will continue at various markets nationwide as part of the ongoing conversation with stakeholders regarding the enforcement of the Metrology Act Chapter 82:06. For more information on the Metrology Act:\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/2trzPo &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-metrology-inspectorate","category-metrology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}