ASTM F2342-05

Standard Specification for Design and Construction of Composition or Quality Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for design and construction of electronic devices or systems for measuring composition or quality constituents of live animals, livestock and poultry carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, or a combination thereof. Examples include but are not limited to half and whole carcasses, primals, subprimals, and boxed meat.
1.2 The values stated in SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 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 requirements prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2005
• ICS: 65.020.30 - Animal husbandry and breeding
• ICS: 67.120.20 - Poultry and eggs
• Technical Committee: F10 - Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems
• Drafting Committee: F10.10 - Design Specification

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2342-03 - Standard Specification for Design and Construction of Composition or Quality Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM F2342-06 - Standard Specification for Design and Construction of Composition or Quality Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems
• Effective Date: 01-May-2006
• Referred By: ASTM F2463-15(2021) - Standard Terminology for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 2342 – 05
Standard Specification for
Design and Construction of Composition or Quality
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Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2342; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.2.1.1 Discussion—Electronic devices may be complete
measuring instruments (for example, pH meter, composition
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for design
measuring device) or part of a measuring instrument (for
and construction of electronic devices or systems for measur-
example, measuring element, indicator).
ing composition or quality constituents of live animals, live-
3.2.2 electronic system, n—an electronic device or group of
stock and poultry carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, or a
electronic devices used to measure and record composition or
combination thereof. Examples include, but are not limited, to
quality constituents.
halfandwholecarcasses,primals,subprimals,andboxedmeat.
3.2.3 fault condition, n—an abnormal condition that may
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
cause a reduction in, or loss of the capability of, a functional
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
unit to perform a required function.
standard.
3.2.3.1 Discussion—Principally, a fault is the result of an
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
error in the data contained in or flowing through an electronic
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
measuring device or system.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.2.4 inch-pound unit, n—in ASTM standards, unit based
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
on the inch and pound, commonly used in the United States of
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
America and defined by the National Institute of Standards and
2. Referenced Documents
Technology, including certain other units accepted for use with
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the units.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.2.4.1 Discussion—Inch-pound, also known as US Cus-
F 2463 Terminology for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry
tomary Units, are one type of non-SI units.Another example of
Evaluation Systems
non-SI units is the centimetre gram second (cgs) system.
3. Terminology
3.2.5 indicating element, n—elementincorporatedinamea-
suring device or system by means of which its output, relative
3.1 For definitions relating to livestock, meat, and poultry
toquantityorqualitymeasurement,isdisplayedor“read”from
evaluation systems, see Terminology F 2463.
the device itself as, for example, a digital indicator.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.6 meat, n—all edible products and by-products har-
3.2.1 electronic device, n—device operating by the prin-
vested by the meat-packing industry.
ciples of electronics, which may consist of one or more
3.2.7 National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP),
subassemblies and perform a specific function.
n—program administered by the National Conference on
Weights and Measures, Inc. (NCWM) in cooperation with the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), state
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F10 on
and local governments, and the private sector for determining,
Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and is the direct responsibility of
on a uniform basis, conformance of a type, with an applicable
Subcommittee F10.10 on Design Specification.
standard.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2005. Published November 2005. Originally
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as F 2342 – 03.
3.2.8 recording element, n—element incorporated in a mea-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
suring device by means of which its output, relative to quantity
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
or quality measurement, is permanently recorded on a tape,
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of a printed, stamped, punched, perforated representation, or a bances normally found in the environment in which it is used.
retrievable electronic record. Examples of disturbances include but are not limited to Radio
3.2.9 SI unit, n—in ASTM standards, unit of the Interna- Frequency Interference (RFI), El
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