New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter V - Weight and Measures
Part 223 - Volumetric Measurement Of Cherries
Section 223.1 - Quantity determinations

Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 223.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

When persons, firms, or corporations voluntarily sell or purchase cherries by volume suspended in water, the quantity determination shall be made as follows:

(a) Cherries shall be held in a tank containing sufficient water to at least entirely cover the cherries at the time of measurement. The determination shall be made only after the cherries have been transported a distance of at least one-half mile in the tank and any ice used to cool the cherries has been removed.

(b) The determination shall be made at the time custody of the cherries is transferred from the grower to the buyer or an agent of the buyer.

(c) The determination shall be made using a standardized cherry measurement tank and a calibrated gauge rod, both of which shall meet the requirements of this Part.

(d) The determination shall be made only when the cherry measurement tank is in a level condition.

(e) The determination shall be made and recorded in terms of cubic feet and decimal fractions of a cubic foot, with no conversion to weight allowed.

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