{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-51.3415","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 51.3415","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Similar varietal characteristics means that the potatoes in any lot have the same general shape, color, and character of skin and color of flesh.\nFairly well shaped means that the potato is not materially pointed, dumbbell-shaped, or otherwise deformed. 2\nModerately firm means that the potato is not seriously shriveled or flabbly. 2\nNot seriously misshapen means that the potato is not seriously deformed and causing more than 10% waste when determining the non-peelable area directly due to shape.\nSoft rot or wet breakdown means any soft, mushy or leaky condition of the tissue such as Leak, slimy soft rot, wet type Fusarium Tuber Rot, or wet breakdown following freezing injury or heat injury.\nLoose sprouts, dirt and foreign material means unattached sprouts or sprouts that become detached during the grading of the sample, stems, vines, adhering dirt, loose dirt, stones, trash and other extraneous material.\nDamage means any defect listed in § 51.3416, or an equally objectionable variation of any one of these defects, any other defect, or any combination of defects, which cannot be removed without a loss of more than 5 percent of the total weight of the potato.\nSerious Damage means any defect listed in § 51.3416, or an equally objectionable variation of any of these defects, any other defect, or any combination of defects, which cannot be removed without a loss of more than 10 percent of the total weight of the potato.\nExternal Defects are defects which can be detected externally. Cutting may be required to determine the extent of the injury.\nInternal Defects are defects which cannot be detected without cutting the potato.","path":["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 JJ—United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes for Processing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"f3c1e42759e97ff91b0814dfc49ee45ad85ae23775d50a12821af800311d6ed8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-51.3414","next":"us/7-cfr-51.3416"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}