
2. Minimum range according to legal metrology
There are not many official documents on the subject of minimum weights. They mainly come from the authorities in charge of legal metrology:
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) ;
Ministère de l'industrie, S/Direction de la métrologie.
The normative documents published by AFNOR and CEN/CENELEC reproduce word for word the information derived from legal metrology.
General Chapter <41> of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has been updated to introduce its minimum weight requirements. USP General Chapter <1251> provides more details on determining minimum weight.
A draft article in the European Pharmacopoeia PE clearly defines minimum weighing requirements.
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Bibliography
- (1) - SFSTP - Quand la pesée minimale prend des proportions énormes ou la pesée minimale et ses conséquences. - Revue STP Pharma Pratiques, volume 16, n° 1, janvier/février 2006.
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