With the March 2002 revisions to the Uniform Data Collection Procedures regarding electronic meter calibration checks, what will be acceptable for meeting the CDCB requirements?
The UDCP revision wont become effective until June 1, 2002. Therefore, the current requirements calling for annual water tests or quarterly statistical tests for Westfalia Metatron will continue until that date. When the new UDCP become effective though, accuracy verification via statistical test methods will become acceptable for other types of electronic meters. At this point, the specifications for the reports have not been determined by the dairy records industry yet and there is likely to be some lack of uniformity until this issue is addressed. We expect this to be a primary topic at the Field Service Advisory Committee meeting in July. In the meantime, there are programs currently available through DairyComp 305 and PCDART and many of the equipment manufacturers have self-analysis software included in electronic metering systems. For the purpose of field service certification, QCS will accept documentation provided by these and other legitimate software writers. Once the dairy r
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