{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-996.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 996.31","heading":"Outgoing quality standards.","body":"(a) Shelled peanuts: No handler or importer shall ship or otherwise dispose of shelled peanuts for human consumption unless such peanuts are positive lot identified, chemically analyzed by a USDA laboratory or USDA-approved laboratory and certified “negative” as to aflatoxin, and certified by the Inspection Service as meeting the following quality standards:\nMinimum Quality Standards—Peanuts for Human Consumption\n[Whole kernels and splits: Maximum limitations]\nType and grade category Unshelled peanuts and damaged kernels and minor defects (percent) Total fall through sound whole kernels and/or sound split and broken kernels Foreign materials (percent) Moisture (percent)\nExcluding Lots of “splits”\nRunner 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nVirginia (except No. 2) 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nSpanish and Valencia 3.50 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nNo. 2 Virginia 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nRunner with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nVirginia with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nSpanish and Valencia with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) 3.50 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nLots of “splits”\nRunner (not less than 90% splits) 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nVirginia (not less than 90% splits) 3.50 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\nSpanish and Valencia (not less than 90% splits) 3.50 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen .20 9.00\n(b) Cleaned-inshell peanuts: No handler or importer shall ship or otherwise dispose of cleaned-inshell peanuts for human consumption unless such peanuts are Positive lot identified and are determined by the Inspection Service to contain:\n(1) Not more than l.00 percent kernels with mold unless a sample of such peanuts, drawn by an inspector of the Inspection Service, is analyzed chemically by a USDA laboratory or a USDA-approved laboratory and certified “negative” as to aflatoxin;\n(2) Not more than 3.50 percent peanuts with damaged or defective kernels;\n(3) Not more than 10.00 percent moisture; or\n(4) Not more than 0.50 percent foreign material.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 996—MINIMUM QUALITY AND HANDLING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PEANUTS MARKETED IN THE UNITED STATES"],"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":"7baca68861d41776ada6887331eb115753f175bda2ef287f46b495776477855b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-996.30","next":"us/7-cfr-996.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}