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Accuracy: It's Your Responsibility

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Measurement Canada, an agency of Industry Canada, ensures that goods and services are measured accurately by:

• requiring that measuring equipment used in trade be approved and inspected;
• investigating complaints received from businesses and consumers who believe they have not received accurate measure;
• requiring that measuring apparatuses and standards be calibrated and certified;
• administering and enforcing the Weights and Measures Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act.

• have been approved, inspected, and certified before you use them. If your device does not already have a valid inspection sticker or certificate, you can obtain one by having the device inspected by Measurement Canada staff or an Authorized Service Provider.
• are appropriate for their intended use. Many scales and meters are designed with different features and capacities for measuring certain kinds of commodities, such as precious metals scales for weighing gold and silver, dispensers for measuring propane, and vehicle scales for weighing trucks and trains;
• are properly installed and protected from environmental interferences;
• are used in a manner that ensures accurate measurement;
• clearly indicate the weight or measure.