Milk Study Report and
Good Packaging Practices for Dairy Products
A federal/state government report realeased in August 1997 on the net content labeling of dairy products found "widespread problems with short-filling of milk, juice and other dairy products. "NIST was one of the four federal agencies that coordinated inspections of milk lots in 20 states in April and May 1997. The NIST Weights and Measures Division and the National Conference on Weights and Measures played a pivotal role in this study by developing the inspection procedure used in providing training to state weights and measures staffs who conducted the inspections.
On August 13, 1998 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the results of a second study on the accuracy of net content labeling of milk. The study was conducted by 4 Federal agencies, 44 States, and 2 territories using procedures adopted by the NCWM. Weights and measures officials checked 3,355 inspection lots of milk at 1,338 locations including retail stores, dairies, hospitals, universities, public schools, and other institutions.
The following are links to an FTC report released in August 1998 and Packaging Practices Guideline. The original FTC Report released in August 1997 is no longer available on the web, but copies of this report and press releases may be obtained by contacting: Public Reference, FTC, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326-2222.
For additional information regarding the milk study or industry training, please contact Tom Coleman on (301) 975-4868.
Date created: November 30, 2000
Last updated: March 20, 2006
