Thanks. I was just in the middle of typing a reply to your original post. I merely was trying to express the point that the regulations are only in one direction.
You will get into legal trouble if a pack contains a lot less than indicated. But nobody cares if it contains more. That is what I meant by limit rather than target. -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Gene Mechtly > Sent: 23 November 2002 16:29 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:23552] less than nominal quantity > > Terry, > > I see belatedly that you also posted a comment on MAV. > > Gene. > ....................................................... > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ... > > Package contents can be less than nominal. > > > > > > The US term is 'maximum allowable variation' (MAV). See table 2-5 in: > > http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/h133/appena.pdf > > > > > > The EEA term is 'tolerable negative error' (TNE). See: > > http://www.sp.se/metrology/pack/eng/negerror.htm
