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Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.51.630 Standard pack

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Fruits shall be fairly uniform in size, unless specified as uniform in size. When packed in approved containers, fruit shall be arranged according to approved and recognized methods.

(b) “Fairly uniform in size” means that not more than 10 percent of fruit in any lot, and not more than double that amount in any sample, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table 1 to this section:

Table 1 to § 51.630 to Paragraph (b)—7/10 Bushel Carton

Pack size/Number of grapefruit

Diameter in inches

Minimum

Maximum

18

4-15/16

5-9/16

23

4-5/16

5

27

4-2/16

4-12/16

32

3-15/16

4-8/16

36

3-13/16

4-5/16

40

3-10/16

4-2/16

48

3-9/16

3-14/16

56

3-5/16

3-10/16

64

3

3-8/16

(c) “Uniform in size” means that not more than 10 percent of fruit in any lot, and not more than double that amount in any sample, may vary more than the following amounts:

(1) 32 size and smaller—not more than six-sixteenths inch in diameter;  and

(2) 27 size and larger—not more than nine-sixteenths inch in diameter.

(d) In order to allow for variations, other than sizing, incident to proper packing, not more than 5 percent of the packages in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of standard pack.

1  Includes matters within the responsibility of the Federal Grain Inspection Service.
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