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2025 NIST Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities

February 17, 2026
Author(s)
Loren Minnich, Gloria Lee, John McGuire, Jan Konijnenburg, Isabel Baucom, Juana Williams, Katrice Lippa, David Sefcik
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) presents its second issue of the 2024 NIST Annual Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities report. This report includes a summary of changes made to NIST Handbook 44 (2026) Specifications, Tolerances and

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2026 Ed.)

January 5, 2026
Author(s)
Loren Minnich, Gloria Lee, Juana Williams, Isabel Baucom, Jan Konijnenburg, John McGuire, Katrice Lippa
NIST Handbook 44 includes specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices. These requirements are intended to encourage the design, installation, testing, and use of weighing and measuring devices that

NIST Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (2026 Ed.)

December 29, 2025
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Loren Minnich, Elizabeth Benham, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net content statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged goods is the determination of the conformance results of packaging, distribution, and sale of

NIST SP 1181 - Unit Pricing Guide - A Best Practice Approach to Unit Pricing (2025 Ed.)

July 9, 2025
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Katrice Lippa, Scott Dolan, Isabel Baucom
This guide was developed to provide retailers with information about the best practice requirements for the unit pricing of commodities. The guide consists of best practice approaches that will improve the accuracy and usability of unit pricing information

2024 NIST Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities

January 10, 2025
Author(s)
Juana Williams, John McGuire, Loren Minnich, Gloria Lee, Jan Konijnenburg, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) presents its second issue of the 2024 NIST Annual Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities report. This report includes a summary of changes made to NIST Handbook 44 (2024) Specifications, Tolerances and

NIST Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (2025 Ed.)

January 10, 2025
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Loren Minnich, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net content statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged goods is the determination of the conformance results of packaging, distribution, and sale of

NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Recognition Program Handbook, 7th Edition

December 11, 2023
Author(s)
Micheal Hicks, Georgia L. Harris, Katrice Lippa, Isabel Chavez Baucom, Elizabeth Koncki
Handbook 143 provides the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) performance standards and formalized procedures for the voluntary recognition of State legal metrology laboratories. This 2023 edition
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