GroundRules
7 CFR 52.1011: Score sheet for dates.
Where this section sits in the code
- 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 52—PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS
- Subpart D—United States Standards for Grades of Dates
Size and kind of container
Container mark or identification
Label or brand
Net weight
Style
Count (per lb.)
Moisture content (if determined)
One variety (□) Yes (□) No
Factors
Score points
Color 20 (A) 18-20
(B) (B-Dry) 1 16-17
(C) (C-Dry) 1 14-15
(SStd) 1 0-13
Uniformity of size 10 (A) (B) (B-Dry) 9-10 1 8
(C) (C-Dry) 1 7
(SStd) 1 0-6
Absence of defects 30 (A) (B) (B-Dry) 27-30 1 24-26
(C) (C-Dry) 1 21-23
(SStd) 1 0-20
Character 40 (A) 36-40
(B) (B-Dry) 1 32-35
(C) (C-Dry) 1 28-31
(SStd) 1 0-27
Total score 100
Grade
1 Limiting rule.
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