TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER XXXIII - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SUBCHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

PART 3300 - AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS AND ON THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR SUCH CARRIAGE (ATP); INSPECTION, TESTING, AND CERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

subpart b - PROCEDURES FOR TESTING OF EQUIPMENT

3300.10 - Measurement of the K - coefficient of an insulated body.

The K-coefficient shall be measured according to the procedures in ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2, paragraphs 128, and the following shall apply: (a) The internal heating method shall be used.

  (b) In ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2, paragraph 8, last line, about +20 C for the mean temperature of the walls of the body shall be interpreted to mean between +19 C (+66 F) and 21 C (+70 F).

  (c) A report of each test shall be completed on a form corresponding to the pertinent test report model prescribed in ATP, Annex 1, Appendix 2.

Report forms may be obtained by a request to the ATP manager.