The National Food Authority in Oriental Negros has opened the use, for rent, of its electronic truck scale that can weigh a maximum of 60 tons and is the first in the province.

NFA assistant provincial manager Francisco Lorico said, the food agency bought the equipment to weigh NFA imported rice assigned to the province.

Lorico said that, starting this year, cargo haulers including handlers of livestock, can rent the truck scale at a fee of P5 for every ton weighed.

He explained that weight measurements for small cargoes might not be accurate in isolated cases because the truck scale was designed for heavy capacity load. But it guarantees to measure exact weight because it is electronic-generated and the results could not be changed as receipts issued are computerized.

He said the electronic gadget has saved money for NFA that would have gone into renting private weighing scales.*

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