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Slack fill

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005337

The difference between the actual capacity of a container and the volume of product it holds. This empty space within a package is considered non-functional if it does not serve a legitimate purpose, such as protecting the product or accommodating settling. Regulations exist to prevent deceptive slack fill that misleads consumers about the amount of product inside.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005337
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: Untergewicht; Spanish: llenado flojo; French: remplissage insuffisant
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005337",
  "term": "Slack fill",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The difference between the actual capacity of a container and the volume of product it holds. This empty space within a package is considered non-functional if it does not serve a legitimate purpose, such as protecting the product or accommodating settling. Regulations exist to prevent deceptive slack fill that misleads consumers about the amount of product inside.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Untergewicht",
    "es": "llenado flojo",
    "fr": "remplissage insuffisant"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/slack-fill/"
}

Record 5,776 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.