SANS 458:2005 Tolerances permitted for the accuracy of measurements of products (including prepackaged products) in terms of legal metrology legislation
This standard specifies legal metrology requirements for
a) the accuracy of measurements regulated by legal metrology legislation (see foreword) including the measurement of goods when prepackaged or at the time of sale in constant or random (non-constant) nominal quantities of mass, volume, linear measure, area, or count;
b) sampling plans and procedures for use by legal metrology officials in verifying the quantity of product in prepackages;
NOTE The sampling plans are not suitable for use in the quantity control processes of packers.
c) examination of the quantity of product in prepackages including the determination of average tare masses, the drained quantity of products in a liquid medium, and the actual quantity of frozen products; and
d) special conditions with regard to products that might lose moisture (desiccating) after packing and foodstuff in a liquid medium that is not intended to be consumed.
NOTE The requirements in this standard are based on the international recommendations specified in OIML R 87 and are applicable in the SADC region. Packers for export outside the SADC region are advised to familiarize themselves with the requirements of the country of intended export.
SANS 458:2005 history
0000 SANS 458-2008
2005SANS 458:2005 Tolerances permitted for the accuracy of measurements of products (including prepackaged products) in terms of legal metrology legislation