15 CFR § 240.3 - Permissible sizes.

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title: "15 CFR § 240.3 - Permissible sizes."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "240.3"
section_name: "Permissible sizes."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS FOR BARRELS"
part_number: "240"
part_name: "BARRELS AND OTHER CONTAINERS FOR LIME"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Sec. 4, 39 Stat. 531; 15 U.S.C. 240."
regulatory_source: "13 FR 8372, Dec. 28, 1948, unless otherwise noted."
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# 240.3 Permissible sizes.

Lime in barrels shall be packed only in barrels containing 280 pounds or 180 pounds, net weight. For the purposes of this section the word “barrel” is defined as a cylindrical or approximately cylindrical vessel, cask or drum.

(Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 530; 15 U.S.C. 238)