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The Office of Weights and Measures Proposes Revisions to the Method of Sale for Animal Bedding and Recommends New Test Procedures and Test Measures for Use in Verifying the Quantity Declarations on Packages of Peat Moss and Animal Bedding

February 19, 2015
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
Animal Bedding (bedding), also called pet or stall bedding, litter or simply bedding, is generally sold by dry volume in compressed or uncompressed packages. Based on numerous failed inspections of packaged animal bedding, the Office of Weights and

Program Handbook for Engine Fuel, Petroleum and Lubricant Laboratories

September 20, 2012
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
This handbook provides guidance to extablish a management system of State Fuel Quality Laboratories (FQL) using the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ISO/IEC 17025:2005, "General

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (NIST HB 133)

April 28, 2011
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher, Linda D. Crown, David A. Sefcik, Lisa Warfield
This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net contents statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged goods is the determination of the conformance results of the packaging, distribution, and

Forum Report: Permissive Metric Only Labeling

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
Report on the Forum on Metric-only Labeling held on November 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Conference on Weights and Measures sponsored this forum to initiate a joint effort to eliminate

Household Weights and Measures (NIST SP 430) 2004

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
The purpose of this publication is to present in a convenient form the weights and measures tables most useful for household purposes, together with associated weights and measures information of general household interest. It also provides basic metric

Report of the 89th National Conference on Weights and Measures

December 9, 2004
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Linda D. Crown, K M. Dresser, H V. Oppermann, R C. Suiter, Juana S. Williams
The 89th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 11 through July 15, 2004, at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme of the meeting was, Changes and Opportunities. Reports by the NCWM

NIST SP430, Household Weights and Measures

May 15, 2004
Author(s)
Kenneth S. Butcher
The purpose of this publication is to present, in a convenient form, the weights and measures tables most useful for household purposes, together with associated weights and measures information of general household interests. It also provides basic metric

Summary Proceedings: Legal Metrology Seminar for the Americas

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
S E. Chappell, Charles D. Ehrlich, Kenneth S. Butcher
This paper provides a report on the Legal Metrology Seminar for the Americas that was held in conjunction with the 85th annual meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) in Richmond, VA, from July 16 through July 20, 2000. The