NIST Special Publication 1020 
       Guide for Labeling Consumer Package 
       by Weight, Volume, Count, or Measure 
                              (length, area or thickness)
                                     Editors: 
                                         David Sefcik 
                                         Lisa Warfield 
                           This publication is available free of charge from: 
                               https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1020
                                  NIST Special Publication 1020  
         
                                                                 
          Guide for Labeling Consumer Package 
         by Weight, Volume, Count, or Measure 
                                         (length, area or thickness)  
                                                                 
                                                    Editors: 
                                                         David Sefcik 
                                                        Lisa Warfield 
                                                                 
                                                  Dr. Douglas Olson, Chief 
                                              Office of Weights and Measures  
                                             Physical Measurement Laboratory 
                                                                 
                                     This publication is available free of charge from: 
                                           https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1020 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                          June 2020 
                                                                 
                                      NIST SP 1020 supersedes all previous editions 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                  U.S. Department of Commerce  
                                                  Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary 
                                                                 
                                          National Institute of Standards and Technology  
                    Walter Copan, NIST Director and Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology 
                          
                                     
       Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an 
       experimental procedure or concept adequately.  Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or 
       endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, 
       materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. 
           National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 1020 
             Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 1020, 40 pages (June 2020) 
                   This publication is available free of charge from: 
                      https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1020 
                             Foreword 
        This document, “Guide for Labeling Consumer Packages by Weight, Volume, Count, or Measure (length, area, or 
        thickness),” is based on the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation (UPLR) in National Institute of Standards 
        and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulation in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality.” 
        It provides a summary of labeling requirements for consumer products and commodities sold by weight, volume, 
        count, or measure.  This guide is not a replacement for the UPLR.  The reader should refer to the UPLR to ensure that 
        all requirements are met.  This guide does not apply to wine, malted beverages and distilled spirits, some packages of 
        meat and poultry products subject to the label requirements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and to packages 
  This  labeled for export. 
  publication The superseded documents are: 
          NIST SP 1020-1 “Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Selling by Weight” (August 2005) 
          NIST SP 1020-2 “Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Selling by Volume” (August 2005) 
          NIST SP 1020-3 “Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Selling by Count” (December 2005) 
  is      NIST SP 1020-4 “Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Selling by Length and Area” (May 2006) 
  available   
  free   
  of 
  charge  
         
  from:  
  https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1020 
         
         
         
             
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