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Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Foreword
Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded
				by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms, beginning in
				1918.
Handbook 44 is published in its entirety each year following
				the Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM).
				The Committee on Specifications and Tolerances of the NCWM developed the 2014
				Edition with the assistance of the Weights and Measures Division (WMD) of the
				National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This handbook includes
				amendments endorsed by the 98th National Conference
				on Weights and Measures during its Annual Meeting in 2013.
NIST has a statutory responsibility for "cooperation with the
				states in securing uniformity of weights and measures laws and methods of
				inspection." In partial fulfillment of this responsibility, NIST is pleased to
				publish these recommendations of the NCWM.
This handbook conforms to the concept of primary use of SI
				(metric) measurements recommended in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
				of 1988 by citing SI units before inch-pound units where both units appear
				together and placing separate sections containing requirements in SI units
				before corresponding sections containing requirements in inch-pound units. In
				some cases, however, trade practice is currently restricted to the use of
				inch-pound units; therefore, some requirements in this handbook will continue
				to specify only inch-pound units until the NCWM achieves a broad consensus on
				the permitted SI units.
In accord with NIST policy, the meter/liter spellings are used
				in this document. However, the metre/litre spellings are acceptable, and are
				preferred by the NCWM.
It should be noted that a space has been inserted instead of
				commas in all numerical values greater than 9999 in this document, following a
				growing practice, originating in tabular work, to use spaces to separate large
				numbers into groups of three digits. This avoids conflict with the practice in
				many countries to use the comma as a decimal marker.
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Committee on Specifications and Tolerances of the
				99th Conference
Brett Gurney, Utah
Mahesh Albuquerque, Colorado
Matthew Curran, Florida
Ivan Hankins, Iowa
Jane Zulkiewicz, Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts
Luciano Burtini, Measurement Canada, Technical Advisor
Tina Butcher, NIST, Technical Advisor
Rick Harshman, NIST, Technical Advisor
Past Chairmen of the Committee
Conference
Chairman
8-11
L.A. Fischer, NBS
12-28
F.S. Holbrook, NBS
29-38
J.P. McBride, MA
39-42
R.E. Meek, IN
43-44
J.E. Brenton, CA
45-47
C.L. Jackson, WI
48
T.C. Harris, VA
49-50
R.E. Meek, IN
51-52
G.L. Johnson, KY
53
H.D. Robinson, ME
54-55
R. Rebuffo, NE
56-57
D.E. Konsoer, WI
58
J.C. Mays, FL
59
T.F. Brink, VT
60
W.S. Watson, CA
61
K.J. Simila, OR
62
W.E. Czaia, MN
63
M.L. Kinlaw, NC
64
J.A. Bird, NJ
65
D.A. Guensler, CA
66
G.A. Delano, MT
67
F.C. Nagele, MI
68
L.H. DeGrange, MD
69
S.A. Colbrook, IL
70
D.A. Guensler, CA
71-72
F. Gerk, NM
73
K. Butcher, MD
74
R. Andersen, NY
75
D. Watson, TX
76
J. Truex, OH
77-78
C. Carroll, MA
79
J. Jeffries, FL
80
R. Suiter, NE
81
G. West, NM
82-83
R. Murdock, NC
84
D. Brown, IA
85
M. Hopper, CA
86
G. Shefcheck, OR
87
M. Coyne, MA
88
R. Wotthlie, MD
89
C. VanBuren, MI
90
J. Kane, MT
91
C. Cooney, OR
92
M. Sikula, NY
93
C. Fulmer, SC
94
T. R. Lucas, OH
95
B. Saum, San Luis Obispo Co., CA
96-97
S. Giguere, ME
98
K. Ramsburg, MD
Section 1.10.
General Code
G-A.
Application
G-A.1.
Commercial and
			 Law-Enforcement Equipment.
- These specifications, tolerances, and other
			 technical requirements apply as follows:
(a)
			 To commercial weighing and measuring equipment; that is, to weights and
			 measures and weighing and measuring devices commercially used or employed in
			 establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, composition (limited to meat and
			 poultry), constituent values (limited to grain), or measurement of quantities,
			 things, produce, or articles for distribution or consumption, purchased,
			 offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award, or in computing any basic
			 charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure.
(Amended 2008)
(b) To any accessory attached to or used in
			 connection with a commercial weighing or measuring device when such accessory
			 is so designed that its operation affects the accuracy of the device.
(c) To weighing and measuring equipment in
			 official use for the enforcement of law or for the collection of statistical
			 information by government agencies.
(These requirements should be used as a guide by the weights
				and measures official when, upon request, courtesy examinations of
				noncommercial equipment are made.)