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Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Labeling by Weight

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Author(s)

K M. Dresser

Abstract

[Withdrawn (February 13, 2018)] Guide is intended to provide manufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of packaged products with information about the labeling requirements for commodities that are sold by weight in the consumer marketplace. The information in this guide is based on the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation contained in NIST Handbook 130.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1020-1
Report Number
1020-1

Keywords

gram, inch-pounc, labeling, metric, milligram, milliliter, ounce, pound, SI

Citation

Dresser, K. (2005), Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Labeling by Weight, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/nist.sp.1020-1 (Accessed December 3, 2024)

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Created August 1, 2005, Updated November 10, 2018