NIST Special Publication

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The Institute, 1992

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Page 123 - ... if a food is consumed that contains a food ingredient at or below the level and for a use found to be safe, or agricultural chemical or environmental contaminant at or below the level found to be safe, by the Food and Drug Administration or approved by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
Page 330 - The declaration of net quantity of contents shall express an accurate statement of the quantity of contents of the package. Reasonable variations caused by loss or gain of moisture during the course of good distribution practice or by unavoidable deviations in good manufacturing practice will be recognized. Variations from stated quantity of contents shall not be unreasonably large.
Page 257 - ... which it Is used, unless the indicator and the graduations are in the same plane, in which case the distance between the end of the indicator and the ends of the graduations, measured along the line of the graduations, shall be not more than 0.04 inch.
Page 292 - CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.
Page 329 - Grain exporters shipping less than 15,000 metric tons of grain abroad annually are exempt from mandatory official inspection and weighing requirements. Grain exported by train or truck to Canada or Mexico also is exempt from official inspection and weighing requirements.
Page 307 - ... manufacturers that is commonly produced as marginally punched continuous forms in small rolls or fan folded sets with or without carbon paper interleaving. It has a wide variety of uses such as invoices, purchase orders, office memoranda, shipping orders, and computer printout; (v) Mill broke means any paper waste generated in a paper mill prior to completion of the paper-making process.
Page 54 - OBJECTIVES The objectives of The National Conference on Weights and Measures are: A. To provide a national forum for the discussion of all questions related to weights and measures administration as carried on by officials of the Federal Government and regulatory...
Page 260 - To tests involving digital indications or representations. To the tolerances that would otherwise be applied, there shall be added an amount equal to one-half the minimum value that can be indicated or recorded.
Page 315 - Commission may utilize the services of the bureau for the safe transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles...
Page 318 - FMI's retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent supermarkets. Its international membership includes 200 companies from 60 countries.

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