Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The maximum
allowable variations below shall conform to the following or revised or later
editions, if in effect, incorporated herein by reference:
1. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology's (NIST's) Maximum Allowable Variations for Packages Labeled by Weight
referenced as Table 2-5 of Appendix A of the 2018 Edition of NIST Handbook
133;
2. The NIST's Maximum Allowable
Variations for Packages Labeled by Liquid and Dry Volume referenced as Table 2-6 of
Appendix A of the 2018 Edition of NIST Handbook 133;
3. The NIST's Maximum Allowable Variations for
Packages Labeled by Count referenced as Table 2-7 of Appendix A of the 2018 Edition
of NIST Handbook 133;
4. The NIST's
Maximum Allowable Variations for Packages Labeled by Length, Width, or Area
referenced as Table 2-8 of Appendix A of the 2018 Edition of NIST Handbook
133;
5. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Maximum Allowable Variations for Meat and Poultry Groups and Lower
Limits for Individual Packages referenced as Table 2-9 of Appendix A of the 2018
Edition of NIST Handbook 133; and
6. The
NIST's Maximum Allowable Variations for Polyethylene Sheeting and Film, referenced
in Table 2-10 of Appendix A of the 2018 Edition of NIST Handbook 133.
(b) The tables referenced in (b) above
are part of a document that is reviewed and/or revised periodically as needed; the
most current document is to be used. The NIST Handbook 133 can be obtained from:
Weights and Measures Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600, telephone number (301)
975-4004, or at the NIST website at www.nist.gov.
(c) Allowed variations from declared dimensions
for textiles are as follows:
1. For an item with no
declared dimension less than 24 inches or 60 centimeters, a minus variation greater
than three percent of a declared dimension and a plus variation greater than six
percent of a declared dimension should be considered unreasonable.
2. For an item with a declared dimension less than
24 inches of 60 centimeters, a minus variation greater than six percent of that
declared dimension and a plus variation greater than 12 percent of that declared
dimension should be considered unreasonable.
(d) For mulch, an individual package minus
variation greater than five percent of the declared volume shall be considered
unreasonable.
(e) The following table
sets forth permitted variations for the boundaries of the gray area for different
sizes of flour packages:
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