ASTM Volume 15:08:2008

Published annually in November.

This volume contains 195 standards.

This volume highlights:

Sensory Evaluation of Materials and Products--concentrates on tests and guides that establish standard procedures for controlling and evaluating the characteristics of products.

Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems--includes standards that cover equipment design, units of measurement, device performance, user requirements and predictive accuracy for electronic devices that evaluate composition or quality constituents of livestock, meat, and poultry.

Vacuum Cleaners--features tests for evaluating performance, including filtration efficiency, air performance characteristics, cleanability, durability, and reliability.

Security Systems and Equipment--includes new standards on homeland security that focus on hospital preparedness in regard to the planning, mitigation, response, recovery, and coordination of a hospital or healthcare facility to a major incident within the region. It also covers subjects such as security engineering symbols, security seal control procedures, fiber optic seals, and padlocks.

Detention and Correctional Facilities--examines detention hinges and locks, walls, furnishings, and security control systems.

Food Service Equipment--includes specifications and tests that cover cleaning and sanitation equipment, cooling and warming equipment, and energy protocol.