Ensure accuracy with Weights and Measures assessments

Accuracy isn't optional for businesses that weigh, package, and label products in-store, such as grocery chains, convenience stores, big box retailers, and warehouse clubs. It’s essential. 

Inconsistent product weights, labeling errors, or miscalibrated equipment can quickly lead to compliance violations, costly fines, and even state injunctions. Maintaining accuracy in these areas is critical in upholding brand standards and delivering a consistent customer experience across all locations.

Steritech’s Weights and Measures assessment is designed to help businesses safeguard accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and avoid the high price of inaccuracy. This proactive assessment tool provides a clear snapshot of how store locations would perform in a state inspection. It offers the documentation needed to meet stringent requirements, especially for businesses operating under an injunction or corrective action plan.

The high price of inaccuracy

When it comes to weighing and packaging products, even minor discrepancies can snowball into serious issues, especially for multi-department operations where pricing, volume, and product offerings are constantly changing.

These missteps can lead to repeated violations and significant discrepancies in store-level data, drawing unwanted attention from regulatory agencies. The consequences of non-compliance go far beyond a single mistake—they can disrupt business operations and cause lasting damage to your brand.

Potential outcomes could include:

• Compliance violations and steep fines from regulatory agencies
• State injunctions that require mandated corrective action plans
• Time-consuming data mining to identify and fix root causes
• Loss of revenue from inaccurate pricing and shrinkage
• Erosion of consumer trust and damage to brand reputation

Staying ahead of these issues means addressing vulnerabilities proactively—before they escalate into costly consequences.

How Steritech works to safeguard compliance

Steritech’s Weights and Measures assessment is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines (HB 133-2023). It provides expert evaluations that help businesses avoid compliance risks. As the only commercially available solution of its kind, it delivers credible, inspection-ready reporting that meets the highest regulatory standards.

This service helps solve common challenges like limited visibility into store-level performance, uncertainty around inspection readiness, and the time-consuming nature of internal investigations, giving businesses the confidence and clarity they need to stay compliant.

The Weights and Measures assessment process

Our assessment offers a structured, data-driven approach to identifying risks before they become violations. Designed with multi-location operations in mind, our process gives store chain executives the visibility they need to strengthen compliance across every location.

Each assessment includes:

• Identifying inconsistencies in pricing and weight recording
• Evaluating weighing and measuring devices for proper calibration
• Checking product labeling and verifying tare accuracy
• Identifying errors caused by system misconfigurations
• Comparing store-level data against NIST standards
   

This thorough evaluation helps ensure that errors are caught early, store performance is accurately measured, and teams are better prepared for inspections or regulatory reviews.

The long-term value of partnering with Steritech

Investing in Steritech’s Weights and Measures assessment isn’t just about meeting today’s regulatory standards—it’s about protecting your business. This proactive service helps you avoid the steep costs of non-compliance, from state fines to lost revenue and consumer trust.

By identifying issues early and providing actionable insights, Steritech helps clients:

• Avoid fines and business disruptions by staying compliant with NIST and state regulations
• Customize assessments for store-specific insights and resource optimization
• Correct errors proactively before state audits or inspections
• Simplify compliance monitoring with centralized data in OnBrand360®
• Strengthen customer loyalty through accurate, transparent pricing

The result? A smarter, more cost-effective approach to compliance that protects both your operations and your brand reputation, making it a valuable long-term investment.

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