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BS 6992-1:1988

Superseded

Superseded

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Capacities and related cross sections of open-top cans for food and drinks Recommendations for cans for general food

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-01-1996

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-12-1988

National foreword
Committees responsible
Recommendations
0 Introduction
1 Scope and field of application
2 References
3 Gross lidded capacities and related cross-sections
National appendix
A Relationship between can sizes listed in the table
   'Gross lidded capacities and related diameters of
   round cans' and can sizes currently manufactured in
   the UK
Tables
   Gross lidded capacities and related diameters of
   round cans
A Sizes of cans from the ISO table of cans for general
   food currently manufactured in the UK

Provides a recommended range of capacities with diameters in accordance with ISO 1361 for round open-top general-purpose food cans. The term "general-purpose food cans" excludes not only cans for meat, drinks, oil and milk but also cans for fish and fishery products. Cans for pet foods are excluded.

Committee
PKW/0
DevelopmentNote
Obsolescent - current for existing equipment, not for use with new designs.
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
8
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 3004-1:1979 Identical

BS 6992-3:1988 Capacities and related cross sections of open-top cans for food and drinks Recommendations for cans for drinks
BS 6992-5:1988 Capacities and related cross sections of open-top cans for food and drinks Recommendations for cans for milk

BS 6992-5:1988 Capacities and related cross sections of open-top cans for food and drinks Recommendations for cans for milk
BS 6992-3:1988 Capacities and related cross sections of open-top cans for food and drinks Recommendations for cans for drinks
BS 6966-1(1988) : AMD 7478 LIGHT GAUGE METAL CONTAINERS - GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR OPEN TOP CANS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES

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