1972 Press Photo Bess Myerson drops in at a city supermarket to check scales
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Bess Myerson, New York City's Consumer Affairs Commissioner, drops in at a city supermarket and uses her own weights to check procedures at the store. Since her appointment as commissioner in 1969, Commissioner Myerson has won adoption of a tough consumer protection act, unit pricing and open dating of perishable foods.
