Purpose

This standard establishes the following indexes:

Commodities and their assigned detail packaging standards – alphabetical

Packaging standards, listing – numerical

Applicability

When this standard is specified, packaging shall be in accordance with the requirements of applicable standard(s) listed herein.

When General Packaging Standard NAS850 is specified, packaging shall be in accordance with the requirements therein.

When packaging requirements are provided in a drawing, specification or procurement document, such requirements will take precedence over the packaging standards listed herein.