The National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) is a program of cooperation between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), States, and the private sector for determining, on a uniform basis, conformance of a type.

Type evaluation is the testing, examination and/or evaluation of a type by a participating laboratory.

FGIS is a participating laboratory that provides type evaluations of automatic bulk weighing systems, railway track and grain test scales.

GIPSA also participates in the cooperative effort with NIST and the NCWM to standardize commercial grain equipment as part of NTEP. GIPSA's Technical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, serves as the sole NTEP laboratory for grain inspection equipment.

Additional information on the NTEP program, including application forms for NTEP testing, are available at the National Conference on Weights and Measures website.

Last updated 12/21/05