[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR740.31]

[Page 331]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 740--NUT WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 740.31  Care of nuts in warehouses.

    Each warehouseman shall at all times exercise such care in regard to 
nuts in his custody as a reasonably careful owner would exercise under 
the same circumstances and conditions. Walnuts, filberts, and/or pecans 
stored under licensed receipts between March 31 and December 31, of the 
year following the year in which such walnuts, filberts, and/or pecans 
were harvested must be stored in a licensed cold-storage warehouse or 
room. Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, the warehouseman 
shall maintain even temperature and humidity in licensed cold-storage 
space, with temperature not higher than 37 deg. F., nor less than 
32 deg. F., and relative humidity not higher than 70 percent nor less 
than 55 percent at any time while nuts of any kind subject to this Act 
are in storage. Such licensed cold-storage warehouse or room shall be 
equipped with automatic recording instruments for temperature and 
relative humidity approved by the Administrator. Continuous records or 
charts of temperature and relative humidity shall be kept by the 
warehouseman.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0560-0120)

[41 FR 31163, July 27, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 745, Jan. 7, 1982. 
Redesignated at 50 FR 1814, Jan. 14, 1985]