7 CFR § 51.3198 - Size classifications.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s51.3198"
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title: "7 CFR § 51.3198 - Size classifications."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.3198"
section_name: "Size classifications."
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."
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# 51.3198 Size classifications.
Size shall be specified in connection with the grade in terms of minimum diameter, range in diameter, minimum diameter with a percentage of a certain size or larger, or in accordance with one of the size classifications listed below: *Provided,* that unless otherwise specified, onions shall not be less than 1
1/2 inches in diameter, with 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter.
| | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small | 1 | 25.4 | 2⁄ | 57.2 |
| Repacker/Prepacker | 1⁄ | 44.5 | 3 | 76.2 |
| Medium | 2 | 50.8 | 3⁄ | 82.6 |
| Large or Jumbo | 3 | 76.2 | () | |
| Colossal | 3⁄ | 95.3 | () | |
| In addition to the sizes specified, a lot of onions designated as Repacker or Prepacker shall contain at least 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter. | | | | |
| No requirement. | | | | |