---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 178.607"
title: "49"
number: "178.607"
heading: "Cooperage test for bung-type wooden barrels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/178.607"
---

# §178.607. Cooperage test for bung-type wooden barrels.

- (a) **Number of samples.** One barrel is required for each different packaging.
- (b) **Method of testing.** Remove all hoops above the bilge of an empty barrel at least two days old.
- (c) **Criteria for passing the test.** A packaging passes the cooperage test only if the diameter of the cross-section of the upper part of the barrel does not increase by more than 10 percent.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Amdt. 178-97, 55 FR 52723, Dec. 21, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.