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Weights and Measures in the News
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
Protecting Consumers Behind the Scenes: North Carolina Director of Standards Division Discusses His Career in Agriculture
By: Sarah Grace Fowler
August 23, 2023
Consumer 10 News (Columbus, OH)
Grocery checkout scales, gas pumps tested for accuracy
Highlighting: Nick Griner, Columbus Weights and Measures
March 10, 2023
KOLD News 13
Not getting what you pay for? How to file a complaint
By Rebecca Taylor
February 24, 2023
Farm Progress
https://www.farmprogress.com/commentary/state-ag-department-oversees-more-than-crops
Highlighting: Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection Division in the Missouri Department of Agriculture
February 22, 2023
CT Insider
CT Laboratory Travels in the Strange World of Weights, Measures and Standard Peanut Butter
Highlighting: Chris David, Connecticut State Metrologist
January 8, 2023
The Maple News
Many Syrup Hydrometers Out of Whack, Officials Say
Highlighting: Marc Paquette, Chief Metrologist for the Vermont Agriculture Agency
January 3, 2023
LPGas Magazine
Supply, Labor Challenges Shape Propane Tank Production, Distribution
Highlighting: NIST OWM's 2022 NCWM-NIST National Survey on 20 lb. LPG (Propane) Cylinders
November 14, 2022
County News Center
Holiday Shopping Has Begun, Be Sure to Check Your Receipts!
November 10, 2022
Fox 13
Why Electric Vehicle Charger Numbers Might Not Add Up
Highlighting: Tina Butcher, NIST OWM
November 9, 2022
Fox 13
Are Utah's Fuel Pumps on the Level?
Highlighting: Utah’s Weights & Measures Office, Miland Kofford
September 21, 2022
"Why There Is A Government Agency That Checks Grocery Store Scales"
August 26, 2022
Kolo 8 News Now:
Measurement Standards Verifies a Gallon of Gas Is Really a Gallon
Highlighting: Nevada Department of Agriculture, James Kellames
August 2, 2022
CNN's Margins of Error Podcast:
“Why Americans Won’t Give an Inch on Metric”
Highlighting: Elizabeth Benham, NIST OWM
June 7, 2022
Not Past It Podcast:
"Pirates of the Metric System"
Highlighting: Elizabeth Benham, NIST OWM
March 23, 2022
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