The Government Organization That Sets Consumer Standards

Virtually every consumer product is manufactured according to rigid standards supervised by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): "NIST’s portfolio of services for measurements, standards, and legal metrology provide solutions that ensure measurement traceability, enable quality assurance, and harmonize documentary standards and regulatory practices."

Click on the link below for a fascinating video on what is involved behind the scenes regarding the products we use or consume:

The world depends on a strange collection of items. They're not cheap