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7 CFR § 51.784 - Classification of defects.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s51.784"
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title: "7 CFR § 51.784 - Classification of defects."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "51.784"
section_name: "Classification of defects."
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"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
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# 51.784 Classification of defects.

Table I

| Factor | Injury | Damage | Serious damage | Very serious damage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ammoniation |  | Not occurring as light speck type | Scars are cracked or dark and aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Bruises | Segment walls are collapsed, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured | Segment walls are collapsed, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured | Segment walls are collapsed, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured | Fruit is split open, peel is badly watersoaked, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured causing a mushy condition affecting all segments more than ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) at bruised area or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when affecting more than one area on the fruit. |
| Buckskin |  | Aggregating more than a circle 1-⁄ inches (31.8 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface | Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface. |
| Caked melanose |  | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Dryness or mushy condition |  | Affecting all segments more than ⁄ inch (6.4 mm) at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit | Affecting all segments more than ⁄ inch (12.7 mm) at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit | Affecting all segments more than ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit. |
| Green spots | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (12.7 mm) in diameter, caused by scale | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter, caused by scale | Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter, caused by scale | Aggregating more than ⁄ of the surface, caused by scale. |
| Oil spots | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (12.7 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than a circle 1⁄ inches (38.1 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than ⁄ of the surface. |
| Scab |  | Materially detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter | Seriously detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (22.2 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Scale | More than a few adjacent to the “button” at the stem end, or more than 6 scattered on other portions of the fruit | Blotch aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter, or occurring as a ring more than a circle 1⁄ inches (31.8 mm) in diameter | Blotch aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter, or occurring as a ring more than a circle 1⁄ inches (38.1 mm) in diameter. | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Scars, Hail, or Thorn scratches [For smooth or fairly smooth superficial scars see § 51.770.] | Depressed, not smooth, or detracts from appearance more than the amount of discoloration permitted in the grade | Very deep or very rough aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (12.7 mm) in diameter; deep or rough aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter; slightly rough or of slight depth aggregating more than 10 percent of fruit surface | Very deep or very rough aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter; deep or rough aggregating more than 5 percent of fruit surface; slight depth or slightly rough aggregating more than 15 percent of fruit surface | Very deep or very rough or unsightly that appearance is very seriously affected. |
| Skin breakdown | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (9.5 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Sprayburn |  | Aggregating more than a circle ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in diameter | Hard and aggregating more than a circle 1⁄ inches (38.1 mm) in diameter | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
| Sprouting |  | More than six seeds have sprouts of more than ⁄ inch (6.4 mm) in length, or more than 3 seeds with sprouts over ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in length | More than six seeds have sprouts of more than ⁄ inch (12.7 mm) in length, or more than 3 seeds with sprouts over 1 inch (25.4 mm) in length | More than six seeds have sprouts of more than ⁄ inch (19.1 mm) in length, or more than 3 seeds with sprouts over 1⁄ inches (31.8 mm) in length. |
| Sunburn |  | Skin is flattened, dry, darkened, or hard and the affected area exceeds 25 percent of the surface | Skin is hard and affects more than one-third of the surface | Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface. |
| All references to area or aggregating area, or length in this standard are based on a grapefruit 4⁄ inches (104.8 mm) in diameter, allowing proportionately greater areas on larger fruit and lesser areas on smaller fruit. |  |  |  |  |