Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards

The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of the Congress of the United States. In carrying out the provisions of this section the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to cooperate with the United States government, or any department thereof, in accomplishing the matters and things referred to in this section.(Ag. Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 2, §615.)