# Did Trump get stuck into the NIST?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-get-stuck-into-the-nist/927820 "2020-12-11T06:51:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-get-stuck-into-the-nist/927820/1 "2020-12-11T06:51:41Z")

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This could be in General Questions, but I figured people here are just as likely to know.

Another thread pointed at this link [NIST - SRM Order Request System SRM 2387 - Peanut Butter](https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/view_detail.cfm?srm=2387) for standard reference peanut butter (who knew?). Browsing the description, I see that in January there was

> "removal of reference values for thiamine, riboflavin, niacinamide, niacin, total vitamin B3, pantothenic acid, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, pyridoxine, and total vitamin B6 based on NIST’s decision to no longer support these measurement capabilities in this matrix; "

Was NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) subject to political pressure on food standards?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-get-stuck-into-the-nist/927820/2 "2020-12-11T08:09:37Z")

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Gorilla’s in the NIST?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-get-stuck-into-the-nist/927820/3 "2020-12-11T14:54:18Z")

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FYI, [here](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/weird-world-nist-standard-reference-materials-peanut-butter-whale-blubber-180954379/) is an article from Smithsonian Magazine on the subject of reference materials. This is stuff, like peanut butter, that NIST has carefully analyzed and sells so you can check your testing equipment against theirs.