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Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.51.691 Standard pack

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

(a) Fruit shall be fairly 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.

Table 1 to § 51.691 Paragraph (b)—7/10 Bushel Carton

Pack size/Number of oranges

Diameter in inches

Minimum

Maximum

24

3-12/16

5-1/16

32

3-6/16

4-9/16

36

3-4/16

4-6/16

40

3-2/16

4-4/16

48

2-15/16

4

56

2-13/16

3-13/16

64

2-11/16

3-10/16

72

2-9/16

3-8/16

88

2-8/16

3-4/16

113

2-7/16

3

138

2-6/16

2-12/16

163

2-3/16

2-8/16

(c) 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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