{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-52.3188","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 52.3188","heading":"Work sheet for dried prunes.","body":"Size and kind of container\nContainer mark or identification\nLabel or brand\nVarietal type\nStyle\nSize:\nCount per pound (Average)\nUniformity\n( ) Extra large\n( ) Large\n( ) Medium\n( ) Small\nMoisture content percent; Uniformity\nVarietal characteristics: ( ). Similar. ( ) Dissimilar.\nDefects and summary of allowances 1 Grade A maximum Grade B maximum Grade C maximum Substandard maximum\nTotal of all defects, including off-color 10 percent 15 percent No limit except as indicated below.\nTotal of all defects, including off-color and poor texture 20 percent\nPoor 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\nEnd 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\nSkin 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\nMold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 3 percent 4 percent 5 percent 5 percent.\nDecay But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent.\nTotal\nU.S. Grade (including all factors)\n1 Percentages of defects are “by weight.”\n2 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.\n3 Allowances for “skin or flesh damage” apply only to “Whole Unpitted” style.","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 52—PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS","Subpart F—United States Standards for Grades of Dried Prunes"],"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":"d79eaf9ac5a38312c557c7e7034ab0f96e4f3f22fd1863dc92ccbdc81477a6b7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-52.3187","next":"us/7-cfr-52.3751"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}