What US Standard Barrel Acts (15 USC ch 6): Standard Barrels for Apples, Fruits and Dry Commodities requires
The Standard Barrel Acts (15 U.S.C. ch. 6, subchapter VI, sections 231 to 242) establish federal standard barrels for apples, other fruits, vegetables, and dry commodities, and for lime, administered by the Secretary of Commerce through the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Section 231 fixes the dimensions of the standard barrel for apples, with a stave length of twenty-eight and one-half inches and a head diameter of seventeen and one-eighth inches, and section 233 makes selling apples in a barrel of less than standard dimensions punishable by a penalty of 1 dollar and costs for each such barrel. Section 234 fixes the standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities at a capacity of seven thousand and fifty-six cubic inches, with a separate standard for the cranberry barrel. Section 235 prohibits the sale or shipment of a barrel of less capacity than the standard and makes a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed 500 dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months. Section 237 fixes standard weights for the lime barrel at two hundred and eighty pounds for the large barrel and one hundred and eighty pounds for the small barrel, and section 238 imposes a penalty for selling in unmarked barrels. The Acts are the federal standardization regime for produce barrels in commerce.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: US Congress / Department of Commerce (National Institute of Standards and Technology) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
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- Standard Barrel Act, 15 U.S.C. 231 - standard barrel for apples; stave length twenty-eight and one-half inches and head diameter seventeen and one-eighth inches.
- Standard Barrel Act, 15 U.S.C. 233 - penalty of 1 dollar and costs for each apple barrel of less than standard dimensions.
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