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7 CFR 52.782: Allowances for quality factors.
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 B—United States Standards for Grades of Canned Red Tart Pitted Cherries
Table IV—Allowances for Quality Factors
Factor Sample unit size Maximum number permissible for the respective grade
A A B B C C
Pits 20 ozs Not more than 2 in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 40 ozs Not more than 3 in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 30 ozs 4 or more in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 20 ozs.
Defects: 100 cherries
Total—multilated, plus minor blemished plus blemished. 10 15 20
of which
Blemished—limited to 3 7 15
Harmless extraneous material Total contents Average 1 piece per 60 oz. net contents Average 1.5 pieces per 60 oz. net contents Average 3 piece per 60 oz. net contents
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