MIL-STD-290H
3.4 Unit pack. Unit pack is defined as the first tie, wrap, or container applied to a single item or a quantity thereof, or to a group of items of a single stock number, preserved or unpreserved, which constitutes a complete identifiable pack. For petroleum products, the unit pack is a can, box, bottle, container, tube, cartridge, bag, drum, pail, or pack as described in sections 4 and 5 herein.
3.5 Exterior pack. Exterior pack is defined as a container or bundle that is sufficient by reason of material, design, and construction to protect material during shipment and storage. Exterior pack may be the unit pack or a container with any combination of unit or intermediate packs.
3.6 Intermediate pack. Intermediate pack should consist of a wrap or box which contains two or more identical unit packs.
3.7 Level of protection. A means of specifying the level of military preservation and packing that a given item requires to ensure that it is not degraded during shipment and storage.
3.8 Marking. Marking is the application of numbers, letters, labels, tags, symbols, or colors to items for identification and handling during shipment and storage.
3.9 Packing. Application of any exterior protective methods, materials, or devices to assure the integrity of the preserved item as either military level of packing (Level A, Level B) or commercial level of packing.
3.10 Shelf life items. Shelf life items are items of supply possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree that a storage time period should be assigned to ensure satisfactory performance.
3.10.1 Type I shelf life items. Type I shelf life items, as determined through an evaluation of technical and test data and/or actual experience, are items of supply that possess a definite non-extendible period of shelf life.
3.10.2 Type II shelf life items. Type II shelf life items are items of supply with assigned storage time periods that may be extended after the completion of prescribed visual inspections, tests and/or restorative action(s).
4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Unit containers. Unit containers for packaging petroleum and related products shall conform to the requirements of military or commercial packaging procedures as specified in table I.
4.2 Coating of metal containers. When required, metal containers shall be painted as specified in table I and 5.9.1.
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