Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
SubChapter C - Requirements and Standards Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Egg Products Inspection Act |
Part 51 - Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Products (Inspection, Certification, and Standards) |
Subpart D - United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona) |
Standard Pack |
§ 51.630 - Standard Pack.
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§ 51.630 Standard Pack.
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(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 the approved and recognized methods.
(b) “Fairly uniform in size” means that not more than the number 10 percent of fruit permitted in § 51.628, Tables I and IIin any lot, and not more than double that amount in any sample, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table III.
Table III - 7⁄1 to this section:
Table 1 to § 51.630 to Paragraph (b) - 7/10 Bushel Carton
Pack size/number 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 3-10⁄16/16 64 3 3-8/16 (c) “Uniform in size” means that not more than the number 10 percent of fruit permitted in § 51.628, Tables I and II, 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.