MS 176:2011 Quantity of product in prepackages

Scope:

This Recommendation specifies

• legal metrology requirements for prepackaged products (also called prepackaged
commodities or prepackaged goods) labeled in predetermined constant nominal quantities of
mass, volume, linear measure, area, or count, and

• sampling plans and procedures for use by legal metrology officials in verifying the quantity
of product in prepackages.

Note: The sampling plans are not recommended for use in the quantity control processes of the
packer.