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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter IX - Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), Department of Agriculture |
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Part 997 - PROVISIONS REGULATING THE QUALITY OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED PEANUTS HANDLED BY PERSONS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PEANUT MARKETING AGREEMENT |
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§ 997.5 - Peanuts.
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Peanuts means the seeds of the legumearachis hypogaea and includes both inshell and shelled peanuts, other than those marketed by the producer in green form for consumption as boiled peanuts.(a)
Farmers stock. Farmers stock peanuts means picked and threshed peanuts which have not been shelled, crushed, cleaned or otherwise changed (except for removal of foreign material, loose shelled kernels and excess moisture) from the form in which customarily marketed by producers.(b)
Segregation 1. Segregation 1 peanuts means farmers' stock peanuts with not more than 2 percent damaged kernels nor more than 1.00 percent concealed damage caused by rancidity, mold, or decay and which are free from visibleAspergillus flavus. (c)
Segregation 2. Segregation 2 peanuts means farmers' stock peanuts with more than 2 percent damaged kernels or more than 1.00 percent concealed damage caused by rancidity, mold, or decay and which are free from visibleAspergillus flavus. (d)
Segregation 3. Segregation 3 peanuts means farmers' stock peanuts with visibleAspergillus flavus.