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7 CFR 52.3188: Work sheet for dried prunes.

Size and kind of container
Container mark or identification
Label or brand
Varietal type
Style
Size:
Count per pound (Average)
Uniformity
( ) Extra large
( ) Large
( ) Medium
( ) Small
Moisture content percent; Uniformity
Varietal characteristics: ( ). Similar. ( ) Dissimilar.
Defects and summary of allowances 1 Grade A maximum Grade B maximum Grade C maximum Substandard maximum
Total of all defects, including off-color 10 percent 15 percent No limit except as indicated below.
Total of all defects, including off-color and poor texture 20 percent
Poor texture, end cracks, skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 6 percent But no more than 8 percent
End cracks,2 skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 10 percent 2
Skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 8 percent
Mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 3 percent 4 percent 5 percent 5 percent.
Decay But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent.
Total
U.S. Grade (including all factors)
1 Percentages of defects are “by weight.”
2 Except that each 1 percent of end cracks to, and including 8 percent, by weight, shall be considered as 1⁄2 percent damaged by end cracks; and any additional end cracks shall be calculated as true percentage, by weight.
3 Allowances for “skin or flesh damage” apply only to “Whole Unpitted” style.

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 F—United States Standards for Grades of Dried Prunes

Size and kind of container

Container mark or identification

Label or brand

Varietal type

Style

Size:

Count per pound (Average)

Uniformity

( ) Extra large

( ) Large

( ) Medium

( ) Small

Moisture content percent; Uniformity

Varietal characteristics: ( ). Similar. ( ) Dissimilar.

Defects and summary of allowances 1 Grade A maximum Grade B maximum Grade C maximum Substandard maximum

Total of all defects, including off-color 10 percent 15 percent No limit except as indicated below.

Total of all defects, including off-color and poor texture 20 percent

Poor texture, end cracks, skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 6 percent But no more than 8 percent

End cracks,2 skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 10 percent 2

Skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 8 percent

Mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 3 percent 4 percent 5 percent 5 percent.

Decay But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent.

Total

U.S. Grade (including all factors)

1 Percentages of defects are “by weight.”

2 Except that each 1 percent of end cracks to, and including 8 percent, by weight, shall be considered as 1⁄2 percent damaged by end cracks; and any additional end cracks shall be calculated as true percentage, by weight.

3 Allowances for “skin or flesh damage” apply only to “Whole Unpitted” style.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:24:01Z. Source file · JSON

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