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Consumer Packaging Labeling Guide: Selling by Count

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Author(s)

K M. Dresser

Abstract

[Withdrawn (February 12, 2018)]This guide is intended to provide manufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of packaged products with information about the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 count in the consumer marketplace. The information in this guide is based on the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations contained in NIST Handbook 130.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1020-3
Report Number
1020-3
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

cup, gallon, liter, milliliter, ounce, pint, quart
Metrology

Citation

Dresser, K. (2005), Consumer Packaging Labeling Guide: Selling by Count, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.sp.1020-3 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created December 5, 2005, Updated November 10, 2018
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