Grain Code

Publication No. 240-E, International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk

Published by International Maritime Organization (IMO)

The CFR incorporates Grain Code by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.

The edition the CFR requires

Grain Code

As the CFR lists it: “Publication No. 240-E, International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk”

Listed in 46 CFR 172.020(b)(2); required by46 CFR 172.015 ↗

How to read it

Where to get itIMO Publishing ↗

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