7 CFR § 51.1997 - Similar type.

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title: "7 CFR § 51.1997 - Similar type."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.1997"
section_name: "Similar type."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
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# 51.1997 Similar type.

*Similar type* means that the filberts in each container are of the same general type and appearance. For example, nuts of the round type shall not be mixed with those of the long type in the same container.