Section 434:1 Standard Boxes. - New Hampshire Statutes

Farm produce may be sold in or shipped from New Hampshire at either wholesale or retail in standard boxes, in original or unbroken form, and such standard boxes shall contain 2,162.89 cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: 17- 1/2 inches in length by 17- 1/2 inches in width and 7- 1/16 inches in depth. The New Hampshire standard half-box for farm produce shall contain 1,081.55 cubic inches and shall be of the following dimensions by inside measurements: 12- 3/8 inches in length by 12- 3/8 inches in width and 7- 1/16 inches in depth. When the above specified boxes are made of wood, the ends shall not be less than 5/8 of an inch and the sides and bottom not less than 3/8 of an inch in thickness. All such boxes and half-boxes of the dimensions specified herein shall be marked on at least one outer side in bold, uncondensed capital letters, not less than one inch in height: ""Standard Box Farm Produce'' and ""Standard Half-Box Farm Produce,'' respectively. Except as above provided, farm produce shall be sold at wholesale or retail by avoirdupois weight, measure or numerical count.

Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.