[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: 7CFR801.12]

[Page 597]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 801--OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAIN INSPECTION EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 801.12  Design requirements incorporated by reference.

    (a) Moisture meters. All moisture meters approved for use in 
official grain moisture determination and certification shall meet 
applicable requirements contained in the FGIS Moisture Handbook and the 
General Code and Grain Moisture Meters Code of the 1991 edition of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Handbook 44, 
``Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for 
Weighing and Measuring Devices.'' Pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 
552(a), the materials in Handbook 44 are incorporated by reference as 
they exist on the date of approval and a notice of any change in these 
materials will be published in the Federal Register.
    The NIST Handbook is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20403. It is also 
available for inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
    The following Handbook 44 requirements are not incorporated by 
reference:
General Code (1.10.)
    G-S.5.5. Money Values, Mathematical Agreement
    G-T.1. Acceptance Tolerances
    G-UR.3.3. Position of Equipment
    G-UR.3.4. Responsibility, Money-Operated Devices
Grain Moisture Meters (5.56.)
    N.1.1. Transfer Standards
    N.1.2. Minimum Test
    N.1.3. Temperature Measuring Equipment
    T.2. Tolerance Values
    T.3. For Test Weight Per Bushel Indications or Recorded 
Representations
    UR.3.2. Other Devices not used for Commercial Measurement
    UR.3.7. Location
    UR.3.11. Posting of Meter Operating Range
    (b) [Reserved]

[57 FR 2673, Jan. 23, 1992]