Michigan Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 16, 2016) |
Department AC. Agriculture and Rural Development |
Laboratory Division |
Chapter Regulation No. 548. Sale of Cherries Suspended In Liquid |
Section 285.548.1. Quantity determinations.
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When a person, firm, or corporation purchases cherries by volume suspended in liquid, the quantity determination shall be made as follows:
(a) Cherries shall be held in a tank containing sufficient liquid 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 1/2 mile in the tank, or have reached a constant level.
(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 these rules.
(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.
History: 1979 AC.