Can anybody tell me what's the difference for calibration as follow.
1-point deluxe NIST Calibration
3-Point deluxe NIST Calibration
3-point ultima deluxe A2LA NIST
That's calibration servies company stating options on the certificate. I
don't know the difference but price. I only need the one fullfill
Regulation requirement at minumum cost.
Cindy
Customcraft Foodservice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Strang, Mike" <Mike.Strang@us.fjordseafood.com>
To: <gwchang@berkeley.edu>; <caput100@chapman.edu>
Cc: <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: RE: Thermometer II
>I send my MIG thermometer to Barnstead International for NIST
> certification:
>
> Barnstead International
> 2555 Kerper Blvd
> Dubuque, IA 52001
> Attn: Calibration Lab
> Customer Service 1-800-553-0039
>
> Mike Strang, QC Manager
> Ducktrap River of Maine
> 57 Little River Drive
> Belfast, Maine 04915
> mike.strang@us.fjordseafood.com
> Ph: 800-508-7968
> Fax: 207-338-6288
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On
> Behalf Of gwchang@berkeley.edu
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:12 PM
> To: caput100@chapman.edu
> Cc: seafood@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Thermometer II
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Great discussion! Maybe I can add a little. When I needed a NIST
> traceable certification for a thermometer, I simply ordered such a
> thermometer from a large scientific supply company (the kind of company
> that has a catalogue the size of a thick book). It was certified for
> the
> temperature that I wanted to be very accurate about. Then I used the
> certified thermometer to calibrate the other thermometers in my
> laboratory. My students were surprised to see the variation in
> temperature readings that they got with our different thermometers!
>
> Of course we had to warn our students that the traceably certified
> thermometer was very precious, and it was not to be used for routine
> temperature measurement. However even those warnings did not completely
> prevent the problem of students using the thermometer as a stirring rod!
>
> I don't know if the NIST calibrates users' thermometers, but I suspect
> that they have a website and email address that can help you get an
> answer.
>
> Best wishes,
> George Chang
> UC Berkeley
>
>
>> Hello seafood list, I'll take the chance that we are debating
> thermometers
>> and their regulations and will continue the discussion:
>>
>> On page 161 of the "Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards & Control
>> Guidance: Third Edition", it states:
>> "When digital time/temperature data loggers, record thermometers, or
> high
>> temperature alarms are used for in-plant monitoring, check for
> accuracy
>> against a known accurate thermometer (NIST Traceable) at least once
> per
>> day."
>>
>> Can someone elaborate a little more on that statement? I assume, the
>> thermometer has to be sent out to get NIST traceable certification.
> If
>> that's true, how often a firm needs to do so?
>>
>> Any comment is highly appreciated,
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Amilcar Caputo,M.S.
>> Fuji Food Products, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
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