# Scale Requirements for Accurate Weights, Repairs, Adjustments, and Replacement After Inspection
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service** · Direct final rule. · Published 1999-10-01 · Effective 1999-11-30 · 64 FR 53186
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-24571
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Food Safety and Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 53186
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 317
- **Publication date:** 1999-10-01
- **Effective date:** 1999-11-30
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 99-016F
## Abstract

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to update references to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, ``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Measuring Devices.'' The 1999 edition of NIST Handbook 44 was published in November 1998 and is the most current edition of the handbook. FSIS is amending the provisions in its regulations that reference NIST Handbook 44 to reflect this most recent edition.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/10/01/99-24571/scale-requirements-for-accurate-weights-repairs-adjustments-and-replacement-after-inspection)
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