ASTM F2367-04a
(Specification)Standard Specification for Labeling for Upright Brooms for Consumer and Institutional Use
Standard Specification for Labeling for Upright Brooms for Consumer and Institutional Use
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1.1 This specification establishes uniform labeling criteria and package requirements for upright brooms for consumer and institutional use.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F2367 – 04a
Standard Specification for
Labeling for Upright Brooms for Consumer and Institutional
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Use
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2367; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.4 upright broom—a cleaning tool used to sweep side-
to-side which has a head consisting of natural or plastic fibers
1.1 This specification covers uniform labeling criteria and
affixed to a handle and is usually twine stitched to provide a
package requirements for upright brooms for consumer and
flare for wider contact with the surface to be swept.
institutional use.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4. Classification
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4.1 Brooms shall be classified and labeled according to
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
material content.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
4.1.1 100 % Broomcorn—Only contains broomcorn fiber.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.1.2 Natural Fiber—Containing natural fiber and broom-
2. Significance and Use corn with less than 100 % broomcorn fiber content.
4.1.3 Substitute Fiber—Containing any combination of
2.1 Information on the wording of the labels that appear on
natural and filler fiber with no broomcorn fiber.
the brooms or broom packaging will help to ensure that
4.2 Brooms shall be classified and labeled according to
accurate information on material content is presented to the
weight measure, determined as follows: the weight measure is
consumer.
the average weight per dozen of 2 dozen brooms, +0 lb/–1
3. Terminology lb/dozen for classifications 4.2.1-4.2.4, and 62 lb/dozen for
classifications 4.2.5 and 4.2.6. Brooms must conform to
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
minimum weight standards per classification along with other
3.1.1 broomcorn—a grain sorgum of the species Sorghum
functional parameters as described by each classification. Each
Bicolor (L.) moench.
individual broom must be legibly labeled with the following
3.1.1.1 Discussion—Broomcorn has a panicle consisting of
two items in addition to any other label(s) required by this
uniformly long, elastic primary branches called fibers, suitable
specification: (1) the type of broom as defined in 4.2.1-4.2.6;
for manufacturing of corn brooms. To test for broomcorn: first,
and (2) the weight of the broom stated as Size XX, where xx
determine that the species is Sorghum Bicolor (L.) moench;
is the weight of the broom per dozen as defined in this section.
second, remove the primary branches one-by-one; third, deter-
4.2.1 Whisk Broom, shall weigh 3 lb or more per dozen and
mine if the primary branches are longer than 50 cm, more or
constructed in a manner to be held by hand without any
less uniform in length, straight instead of wavy, branching only
protruding handle.
at the tip and not from the base, and covered with seeds only
4.2.2 Toy Broom, shall weigh 5 lb or more per dozen,
at the tip, then it is a broomcorn fiber.
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constructed on a handle with a diameter not less than ⁄8 in. and
3.1.2 filler fiber—any other type of material used to add
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not more than ⁄8 in., with an overall length not less than 30 in.
volume or stiffness, or both,
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