7 CFR § 43.103 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s43.103"
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title: "7 CFR § 43.103 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "43.103"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "43"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR SAMPLING PLANS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 203, 205, 60 Stat. 1087, as amended, 1090, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624."
regulatory_source: "29 FR 5870, May 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981."
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# 43.103 Purpose and scope.

(a) This subpart contains selected single and double sampling plans for inspection by attributes. They are to serve as a source of plans for developing sound specifications, standards, or sampling and inspection procedures.

(b) The sampling plans of this subpart and corresponding operating characteristic curves are indexed by acceptable quality level, AQL. The AQL's expressed in percent defectives or defects per hundred units are:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 0.065 | 0.40 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 0.10 | 0.65 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| 0.15 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 12.5 |
| 0.25 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 15.0 |