7 CFR § 51.691 - Standard pack.

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title: "7 CFR § 51.691 - Standard pack."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.691"
section_name: "Standard pack."
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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# 51.691 Standard pack.

(a) Fruit shall be fairly uniform in size. When packed in approved containers, fruit shall be arranged according to approved and recognized methods.

(b) “Fairly uniform in size” means that not more than 10 percent of fruit in any lot, and not more than double that amount in any sample, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table 1.

Table 1 to § 51.691 Paragraph (**b**)—7/10 Bushel Carton

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 24 | 3-12/16 | 5-1/16 |
| 32 | 3-6/16 | 4-9/16 |
| 36 | 3-4/16 | 4-6/16 |
| 40 | 3-2/16 | 4-4/16 |
| 48 | 2-15/16 | 4 |
| 56 | 2-13/16 | 3-13/16 |
| 64 | 2-11/16 | 3-10/16 |
| 72 | 2-9/16 | 3-8/16 |
| 88 | 2-8/16 | 3-4/16 |
| 113 | 2-7/16 | 3 |
| 138 | 2-6/16 | 2-12/16 |
| 163 | 2-3/16 | 2-8/16 |

(c) In order to allow for variations, other than sizing, incident to proper packing, not more than 5 percent of the packages in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of standard pack.

[85 FR 68427, Oct. 29, 2020]