A-A-1462 Label, Paper, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive, General Purpose

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2. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:

The contractor shall certify that the minimum content standard shall be no less than 20% post consumer materials in accordance with Executive Order 12873, section 504 (a), dated October 20, 1993 (See definitions of post consumer materials and recovered materials in sections 203 and 205). As an alternative to meeting the standards of section 504 (a) for all printing and writing papers, the minimum content standard shall be no less than 50% recovered materials that are a waste material byproduct of a finished product other than a paper or textile product which would otherwise be disposed of in a landfill, a determined by the State in which the facility is located, in accordance with Executive Order 12873, section 504 (c), dated October 20, 1993. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.

To obtain an acceptable brightness, in accordance with the performance standards of this document, a chemical bleaching process may be used. When specified in the ordering data ( See Ordering Data ), the bleaching process shall not include the use of chlorine compounds. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.

3. TABLES AND TESTS:

Table 1. Physical requirements for paper without adhesive.

A. Printing and writing qualities: The labels shall be tested for printing and writing qualities as follows: Lines or characters shall be drawn or written on the writing surface of the label with a medium point “roller ball” type pen. To be considered satisfactory there shall be no feathering of the inked lines or characters.

B. Adhesion: The adhesive side of each three labels shall be firmly pressed in contact with: 1) an 215.9 mm by 279.4 mm (8-1/2 X 11 inch) specimen of standard reference material, as specified in ASTM D 3654. 2) grade V3c or V3s fiberboard. Roll the labels once in each direction with a soft rubber covered hinged iron roller. To be considered satisfactory, the labels shall immediately tack to the surfaces without curling or tearing. After two hours elapsed time, the adhesive quality shall be considered satisfactory if: the labels cannot be removed from the test surfaces without fiber separation.