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Aerosol Containers .........................................................25

Allowable Difference.....................................................245

Animal Bedding ..............................................................99

Test equipment.............................................................99

Test procedure..............................................................99

Volume calculations...................................................101

Worksheet..................................................................191

Assistance in Testing Operations...................................12

Association of Official Seed Analyst (AOSA) .....213, 217

Audit Testing.................................................................245

Audits

Packages Labeled by Count .......................................117

Test ..............................................................................11

Average..........................................................................245

Average Error ...............................................................245

Average Requirement.....245, See Package Requirement

Average Tare.................................................................245

B

Baler Twine ...................................................................132

Berry Baskets and Boxes..............................................245

Borax................................................................................33

Test Procedure .............................................................33

C

Category A (Category B)..............................................245

Caulking Compounds.....................................................61

Certification Requirements for Standards and Test 

Equipment ..................................................................13

Chamois.................................................................134, 245

Test Methods..............................................................134

Chitterlings......................................................................39

Evaluation of Results – Compliance ............................43

Fresh and Frozen..........................................................41

Frozen ..........................................................................41

Purge......................................................................39, 44

Test Equipment............................................................39

Test Procedure .............................................................40

Worksheet – Category A............................................199

Worksheet – Category A– Example...........................200

Worksheet – Category B............................................201

Worksheet – Category B – Example..........................202

Combination Quantity Declarations ...........................245

Compliance Testing ......................................................245

Compressed Gas

Net Contents ................................................................78

Test Equipment............................................................80

Count..............................................115, 116, 118, 119, 120

D

Decision Criteria........................................................... 245

Decreasing-Load Test .................................................... 18

Defoaming agent....................................................... 49, 52

Delivery ......................................................................... 245

Deviations Caused by Moisture Loss or Gain............ See 

Package Requirements

Dimensionless Units21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 120, 131, 132, 187, 

188, 189, 190, 246

Division, value of (d)..................................................... 246

Drained Weight ...................................................... 35, 246

Encased-in-Ice, Ice Glazed, or Frozen Foods........ 36, 39

Test Equipment ........................................................... 35

Test Procedure............................................................. 35

Dry Measure ................................................................. 246

Dry Pet Food................................................................. 246

Dry Tare............................................................... See Tare

E

Error.................................................. See Packages, Error

Evaluating Results....39, 52, 55, 56, 61, 70, 72, 76, 78, 82, 

99, 121, 125, 129, 132, 133, 136, 138

Compliance.................................................................. 27

Exceptions for Multiunit Packages............................. 153

F

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA).................... 11

Federal Agencies

Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 

(TTB)...................................................................... 11

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).................... 11

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)............................... 11

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ........................ 11

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).................... 11

U.S. Department of the Treasury................................. 11

Federal Alcohol Administration Act............................. 11

Firewood ......................................................................... 82

Boxed .......................................................................... 87

Bundles and bags......................................................... 94

Evaulation of Results................................................... 99

Test Procedure............................................................. 82

Flour................................................................................ 10

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)........................ 11

Forms ............................................................................ 185

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category A........................ 199

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category A – Example...... 200

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category B........................ 201

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Chitterlings Worksheet – Category B – Example ......202

Determining the Free Liquid and Net Volume of Oysters 

Worksheet .....................................................197, 198

Ice Glazed Package Report ........................................195

Ice Glazed Package Report – Example ......................196

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet..................................193

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet – Example................194

Peat Moss Labeled by Volume Package Worksheet –

Dimensional Procedure .........................................203

Random Package Report............................................187

Random Package Report – Example..........................188

Softwood Lumber Worksheet ............................205, 207

Standard Package Report ...........................................189

Standard Package Report – Example .........................190

Structural Plywood Sheets and Wood-Based Structural 

Panels Worksheet..........................................209, 211

Frozen Foods.............................................................36, 39

Encased-in-Ice .......................................................36, 39

Ice Glazed ..............................................................36, 39

Ice Glazed Package Report ........................................195

Ice Glazed Package Report – Example ......................196

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet..................................193

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet – Example................194

G

General Tables of Units of Measurement ...................219

Glass Tumblers.......................................... See Glassware

Glassware

Allowable Differences.................................................56

Blown Glass.................................................................56

Pressed Glass ...............................................................56

Stemware .....................................................................56

Glossary .........................................................................245

allowable difference...................................................245

audit testing................................................................245

average.......................................................................245

average error..............................................................245

average requirement...................................................245

average tare................................................................245

berry baskets and boxes.............................................245

Category A (Category B)...........................................245

chamois......................................................................245

combination quantity declarations .............................245

compliance testing .....................................................245

decision criteria..........................................................245

delivery ......................................................................245

dimensionless units....................................................246

division, value of (d)..................................................246

drained weight............................................................246

dry measure................................................................246

dry pet food................................................................246

dry tare difference......................................................246

error ...........................................................................246

gravimetric test procedure..........................................246

gross weight...............................................................246

headspace...................................................................246

initial tare sample.......................................................246

inspection lot..............................................................246

label ...........................................................................246

linear measures ..........................................................247

location of test............................................................247

lot .............................................................................. 247

lot code...................................................................... 247

lot size ....................................................................... 247

MAV ......................................................................... 247

maximum allowable variation (MAV) ...................... 247

measure containers.................................................... 247

metric or SI units....................................................... 247

minus or plus errors................................................... 247

moisture allowance.................................................... 247

mulch......................................................................... 247

net quantity or net contents........................................ 248

nominal...................................................................... 248

nominal gross weight................................................. 248

package error............................................................. 248

packaged goods......................................................... 248

petroleum products.................................................... 248

plus errors.................................................................. 248

principal display panel or panels............................... 248

production lot ............................................................ 248

pycnometer................................................................ 248

random pack .............................................................. 248

random sampling....................................................... 248

range.......................................................................... 249

reasonable variation................................................... 249

rounding .................................................................... 249

sample ....................................................................... 249

sample correction factor............................................ 249

sample error limit (SEL)............................................ 249

sample size (n)........................................................... 249

sampling plan ............................................................ 249

scale tolerance ........................................................... 249

seat ............................................................................ 249

seated capacity........................................................... 249

SEL............................................................................ 249

shipment.................................................................... 249

slicker plate ............................................................... 249

standard deviation...................................................... 249

standard pack............................................................. 250

supplementary quantity declarations ......................... 250

tare sample ................................................................ 250

tare sample size ......................................................... 250

tare weight................................................................. 250

tolerance .................................................................... 250

U.S. customary units ................................................. 250

unit of measure .......................................................... 250

unreasonable errors.................................................... 250

unused dry tare .......................................................... 251

used dry tare .............................................................. 251

volumetric measures.................................................. 251

wet tare ...................................................................... 251

Good Measurement Practices.................................. 12, 16

Goods Labeled by Capacity........................................... 55

Gravimetric Test Procedure........................................ 246

Basic Test Procedure ................................................... 19

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods.......... 15

Liquids......................................................................... 48

Test Method................................................................. 15

Gross Weight ................................................................ 246

H

Headspace ..................................................................... 246
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Health and Safety............................................................12

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Ice cream

Novelties......................................................................72

Ice Cream

Cone.............................................................................74

Cup...............................................................................74

Displacement Vessel....................................................73

Evaluating Results .......................................................76

Ice Pop .........................................................................74

Novelties......................................................................74

Sandwich......................................................................74

Test Equipment............................................................73

Test Procedure .............................................................74

Ice Glazed

Ice Glazed ....................................................................36

Meat, Poultry, or Similar..................................36, 37, 38

Seafood ............................................................36, 37, 38

Increasing-Load Test......................................................18

Individual Package Quantity .......................................147

Individual Package Requirement ....................................7

Initial Tare Sample .......................................................246

Inspection Lot ............................................. 6, 20, 246, 247

L

Label ..............................................................................246

Lacquers..........................................................................57

Linear Measure, Area, Thickness, and Combinations of 

Quantities..........................................................115, 151

Linear Measures ...........................................................247

Location of Test.............................................................247

Lot Code ........................................................................247

Lot Size ..........................................................................247

Lumber .................................................. 145, 146, 147, 148

M

Mass Standards...............................................................19

MAV......................... See Maximum Allowable Variation

Maximum Allowable Variation (MAV).......7, 15, 19, 

27, 31, 72, 99, 116, 117, 152, 153, 163, 165, 247, See 

Package Requirements

Measure Containers......................................................247

Measurement Standards and Test Equipment 12, 15, 35, 

48, 57, 61, 73, 77, 80, 117, 122, 129, 132

Metric Units...................................................................247

Milk..................................................................................47

Minus or Plus Errors............................................247, 248

Model Inspection Forms...................................See Forms

Moisture Allowance ......................................................247

Applying ........................................................................9

Wet Tare ......................................................................29

Moisture Allowances.................................................28, 29

Moisture Loss or Gain......................................................9

Mulch.............................................................................247

Mulch and Soils...............................................................70

Evaluation of Results...................................................72

Specifications...............................................................70

Test Equipment ........................................................... 70

Test Procedure............................................................. 72

Multiunit............................8, 13, 25, 42, 45, 113, 152, 153

Multiunit Packages

Exceptions................................................................. 153

Multiunit Packages with Only a Total Quantity 

Declaration ........................................................... 153

Test Procedure........................................................... 152

Total Quantity MAV..................8, 13, 25, 42, 45, 113

N

Net Content................................................................... 248

Compressed Gas Cylinders.......................................... 78

Net Quantity ................................................................. 248

Net Weight

Frozen Foods......................................................... 36, 38

Ice Glazed.................................................................... 36

Seafood........................................................................ 36

Nominal......................................................................... 248

Nominal Gross Weight.......21, 25, 26, 35, 51, 61, 76, 118, 

119, 131, 248

O

Oysters ............................................................................ 76

Determining the Free Liquid and Net Volume of Oysters 

Worksheet............................................................. 197

Determining the Free Liquid and Net Volume of Oysters 

Worksheet – Example........................................... 198

Evaluation of Results................................................... 78

Test Equipment ........................................................... 77

Test Procedure............................................................. 77

P

Package Checking Procedures ........................................ 5

Point-of-pack................................................................. 5

Retail ............................................................................. 5

Wholesale...................................................................... 5

Package Requirements..................................................... 6

Average Requirement.................................................... 7

Deviations Caused by Moisture Loss or Gain ............... 9

Exceptions to the Average............................................. 9

Exceptions to the Individual.......................................... 9

Individual Package ...................................................... 44

Individual Package ........................................................ 7

Inspection Lot................................................................ 6

Maximum Allowable Variation (MAV)........................ 7

Moisture Loss or Gain................................................... 9

Packaged Goods ........................................................... 248

Packages

Aerosol Containers...................................................... 25

Average Requirement.................................................. 44

Errors......................26, 27, 28, 35, 44, 72, 121, 246, 248

Ice Glazed Package Report........................................ 195

Ice Glazed Package Report – Example...................... 196

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet................................. 193

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet – Example ............... 194

Labeled by Count ...................................................... 115

Labeled by Count of 50 Items or Fewer .................... 115
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Labeled by Count of More than 50 Items...........115, 116

Labeled by Linear or Square (Area) Measure ............129

Labeled by Volume......................................................47

Measure Net Contents..................................................22

Package Requirements...................................................6

Random Package Report............................................187

Random Package Report – Example..........................188

Random Sample Selection ...........................................22

Standard .......................................................................26

Standard Package Report ...........................................189

Standard Package Report – Example .........................190

Test Equipment..........................................................115

Test Procedures..........................................................115

Uncompressed Volume................................................63

Violation Procedure ...................................................118

Paint...............................................................57, 58, 59, 61

Paper Plates and Sanitary Paper Products......See Paper 

Products

Paper Products

Evaluation of Results.................................................121

Paper Plates................................................................120

Sanitary Paper Products.............................................120

Test Equipment..........................................................120

Test Procedure ...........................................................121

Pasta Products...........................................................29, 30

Peat Moss.........................................................................63

Dimensional Test Procedure for Compressed Quantity63

Peat Moss Labeled by Volume Package Worksheet –

Dimensional Procedure .........................................203

Safety ...........................................................................65

Test Equipment............................................................63

Test Procedure .............................................................64

Pesticides............................................................................7

Pet Food.............................................................10, 29, 246

Petroleum Products......................................................248

Plywood .........................................................139, 141, 142

Point-of-pack.....................................................................5

Point-of-sale.......................................................................5

Polyethylene

Test Procedure ...........................................................126

Polyethylene Sheeting...................................................122

Average Thickness.....................................................129

Bags, Liners...............................................................122

Individual Thickness..................................................129

Test Equipment..........................................................122

Test Procedure ...........................................................123

Pressed and Blown Glass Tumblers and Stemware .....57

Pressed Glass.............................................. See Glassware

Principal Display Panel or Panels................................248

Product Testing.................................................................6

Production Lot..............................................................248

Purge..........................................................................41, 44

Pycnometer....................................................................248

R

Random Number Tables................................................22

Random Pack. ...............................................................248

Random Sample Selection..............................................22

Random Sampling ........................................................248

Range .............................................................................249

Reasonable variation ........................................................7

Reasonable Variation................................................... 249

Recordkeeping................................................................ 20

Recording Data............................................................ 21

Regulatory Agencies Responsible for Package 

Regulations and Applicable Requirements ............. 11

Retail ......................... See Package Checking Procedures

Return to Zero................................................................ 19

Rounding....................................................................... 249

S

Safety.............................................. See Health and Safety

Sample........................................................................... 249

Correction Factor....................................................... 249

Error limit (SEL)........................................................... 9

Error Limit (SEL)...................................................... 249

Random....................................................................... 22

Size (n)...................................................................... 249

Tare ............................................................................. 23

Sampling

Plan.....................................................10, 20, 23, 28, 249

Audit Test............................................................... 11

Scale Tolerance............................................................. 249

Scales

Accuracy ..................................................................... 16

Class of Scales............................................................. 17

Decreasing-Load Test.................................................. 18

Gravimetric Test Method ............................................ 15

Increasing-Load Test................................................... 18

Return to Zero ............................................................. 19

Shift Test ..................................................................... 18

Tolerances................................................................... 16

Verification.................................................................. 17

Scope

For Packages Labeled by Volume ............................... 47

General Information ...................................................... 5

Test Procedures – Packages Labeled by Count, Linear 

Measure, Area, Thickness, and Combinations of 

Quantities.............................................. 115, 151, 152

Seafood............................................................................ 36

Seat................................................................................ 249

Seated Capacity ............................................................ 249

Seed

AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds – Section 12

Mechanical Seed Count........................................ 217

AOSA Rules for Testing Seeds – Section 2

Preparation of Working Samples.......................... 213

Association of Official Seed Analyst (AOSA).. 213, 217

Labeled by Count ...................................................... 137

SEL................................. See Sample:Error Limit (SEL)

Shift Test......................................................................... 18

Shipment....................................................................... 249

SI Units.......................................................................... 247

Slicker Plate .................................................................. 249

Softwood Lumber..................................145, 146, 205, 207

Special Test Requirements for Packages Labeled by 

Linear or Square Measure (Area).......................... 122

Standard Deviation ...................................................... 249

Standard Pack .............................................................. 250

Stemware.....................................................See Glassware

Structural Plywood .......................139, 141, 142, 209, 211

Supplementary Quantity Declarations....................... 250
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Tare

Determination of..........................................................25

Dry Tare.....................................................................246

Initial Tare Sample.....................................................246

Procedure

Aerosol Containers..................................................25

Determination of ...............................................22, 23

Unused Dry .............................................................23

Used Dry .................................................................23

Vacuum Packed Coffee...........................................25

Wet Tare..................................................................23

Sample .......................................................................250

Sample Size ...............................................................250

Unused Dry..........................................................25, 251

Used Dry..............................................................23, 251

Weight .......................................................................250

Wet.............................................................................251

Test Equipment

Animal bedding............................................................99

Firewood......................................................................82

Linear or Square (area) Measure................................129

Test Procedure

Animal bedding............................................................99

Baler Twine ...............................................................132

Borax ...........................................................................33

Cylinders Labeled By Weight......................................81

Drained Weight............................................................35

Encased-in-Ice Product ................................................37

Goods Labeled by Capacity

Volumetric Test Procedure......................................55

Gravimetric Test/Liquids.............................................48

Headspace Test ............................................................55

Ice Cream.....................................................................74

Ice-Glazed Product.......................................................38

Individual Package Quantity......................................151

Mayonnaise, Salad Dressing, and Water Immiscible 

Products with no Smooth Level Surface .................54

Multiunit Packages.....................................................152

Multiunit Packages Exempt from Total Quantity 

Statement...............................................................148

Oils, Syrups, and other Viscous Liquids with a Smooth 

and Level Surface....................................................54

Packages Labeled by Volume ......................................47

Polyethylene Sheeting................................................123

Pressed and Blown Glass Tumblers and Stemware......56

Softwood Lumber ......................................................145

Structural Plywood and Wood-Based Structural Panels

..............................................................................139

Variety Packages Containing Individual Packages with 

Varying Net Weights.............................................154

Volumetric Test ...........................................................52

Testing Viscous Materials

Caulking Compounds and Pastes ................................ 61

Tolerance....................................................................... 250

Total Quantity .............................................................. 152

Total Quantity MAV...........8, 45, 113, 147, 149, 150, 151

Multiunit package...............................13, 25, 42, 45, 113

Variety package..................................13, 25, 42, 45, 113

Traceability..................................................................... 12

U

U.S. customary units.................................................... 250

Uncompressed Volume Packages.................................. 69

Evaluation of Results................................................... 70

Test Equipment ........................................................... 69

Test Procedure............................................................. 69

Unit of Measure ...................................................... 57, 250

Unreasonable Errors.................................................... 250

V

Varnish............................................................................ 57

Variety package.................8, 13, 25, 42, 45, 113, 152, 153

Volumetric measures.................................................... 251

Volumetric Measures

Distilled Water ............................................................ 53

Ice Cream .................................................................... 73

Reverse Osmosis Water............................................... 53

Volumetric Test Procedure

Goods Labeled by Capacity......................................... 55

Liquids................................................................... 47, 52

Other............................................................................ 52

Packaged Firewood ..................................................... 82

W

Wet Tare ....................................................................... 251

Wholesale .......................................................................... 5

Wood-Based Panels...................................... 142, 209, 211

Worksheet

Borax Audit Worksheet............................................. 204

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category A........................ 199

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category A – Example...... 200

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category B........................ 201

Chitterlings Worksheet – Category B – Example...... 202

Determining the Free Liquid and Net Volume of Oysters

.............................................................................. 197

Determining the Free Liquid and Net Volume of Oysters 

– Example............................................................. 198

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet................................. 193

Ice-Glazed Package Worksheet – Example ............... 194

Peat Moss Labeled by Volume Package Worksheet –

Dimensional Procedure......................................... 203

Softwood Lumber Worksheet............................ 205, 207

Structural Plywood Sheets and Wood-Based Structural 

Panels Worksheet ......................................... 209, 211
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