7 CFR § 51.2080 - Determination of grade.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s51.2080"
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title: "7 CFR § 51.2080 - Determination of grade."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.2080"
section_name: "Determination of grade."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
part_number: "51"
part_name: "FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
cfr_part: "51"
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# 51.2080 Determination of grade.
In grading the inspection sample, the percentage of loose hulls, pieces of shell, chaff and foreign material is determined on the basis of weight. Next, the percentages of nuts which are of dissimilar varieties, undersize or have adhering hulls or defective shells are determined by count, using an adequate portion of the total sample. Finally, the nuts in that portion of the sample are cracked and the percentage having internal defects is determined on the basis of weight.
[78 FR 14908, Mar. 8, 2013]