The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices used in the State are those adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures as published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as amended, as provided under Agriculture Article, §11-203(c), Annotated Code of Maryland. The procedures and statistical sampling techniques used by the Maryland Department of Agriculture to test packages for conformance with legal weights and measures standards in this State are those adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures as published in “NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Handbook 133, 2020 Edition, Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods", which is incorporated by reference. Agriculture Article, §§11-203 and 11-206, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: February 1, 1973 Regulation .01 amended effective January 7, 1991 (17:26 Md. R. 2977); July 20, 1992 (19:14 Md. R. 1285); June 7, 1993 (20:11 Md. R. 916); August 29, 1994 (21:17 Md. R. 1440); May 8, 1995 (22:9 Md. R. 647); August 26, 1996 (23:17 Md. R. 1248); May 19, 1997 (24:10 Md. R. 712); June 29, 1998 (25:13 Md. R. 996); October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1727) Regulation .02 adopted effective January 7, 1991 (17:26 Md. R. 2977) Regulation .02 amended effective October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1727); August 5, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1143); March 6, 2023 (50:4 Md. R. 122)