7 CFR § 160.31 - Time and manner of sampling.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s160.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 160.31 - Time and manner of sampling."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "160.31"
section_name: "Time and manner of sampling."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "NAVAL STORES"
part_number: "160"
part_name: "REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR NAVAL STORES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 94, 1624."
regulatory_source: "11 FR 14665, Dec. 27, 1946; 17 FR 221, Jan. 9, 1952; 20 FR 6433, Sept. 1, 1955, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "160"
---


# 160.31 Time and manner of sampling.

Except when batch sampling is authorized at an eligible processing plant using licensed inspectors, samples of naval stores to be used for official inspection and certification shall be taken direct from the commercial containers holding such naval stores by or under the immediate supervision of the inspector at the time of inspection.