Procedures for the Development of Voluntary Product Standards (VPS)

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2000)

The Department of Commerce recognizes the importance, the advantages, and the benefits of voluntary standards and standardization activities. Such standards may cover, but are not limited to, terms, classes, sizes (including quantities of packaged consumer commodities), dimensions capacities, quality levels, performance criteria, inspection requirements, marking requirements, testing equipment, test procedures and installation procedures.