7 CFR § 52.3188 - Work sheet for dried prunes.

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title: "7 CFR § 52.3188 - Work sheet for dried prunes."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "52.3188"
section_name: "Work sheet for dried prunes."
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: "52"
part_name: "PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
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# 52.3188 Work sheet for dried prunes.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Size and kind of container |  |
| Container mark or identification |  |
| Label or brand |  |
| Varietal type |  |
| Style |  |
| Size: |  |
| Count per pound (Average) |  |
| Uniformity |  |
| ( ) Extra large |  |
| ( ) Large |  |
| ( ) Medium |  |
| ( ) Small |  |
| Moisture content percent; Uniformity |  |
| Varietal characteristics: ( ). Similar. ( ) Dissimilar. |  |

| Defects and summary of allowances | Grade A maximum | Grade B maximum | Grade C maximum | Substandard maximum |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total of all defects, including off-color | 10 percent | 15 percent |  | No limit except as indicated below. |
| Total of all defects, including off-color and poor texture |  |  | 20 percent |  |
| Poor texture, end cracks, skin or flesh damage,  fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | But no more than 6 percent | But no more than 8 percent |  |  |
| End cracks, skin or flesh damage,  fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay |  |  | 10 percent |  |
| Skin or flesh damage,  fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay |  |  | But no more than 8 percent |  |
| Mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | 3 percent | 4 percent | 5 percent | 5 percent. |
| Decay | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent. |
| Total |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. Grade (including all factors) |  |  |  |  |
| Percentages of defects are “by weight.” |  |  |  |  |
| Except that each 1 percent of end cracks to, and including 8 percent, by weight, shall be considered as ⁄ percent damaged by end cracks; and any additional end cracks shall be calculated as true percentage, by weight. |  |  |  |  |
| Allowances for “skin or flesh damage” apply only to “Whole Unpitted” style. |  |  |  |  |

[21 FR 8177, Oct. 25, 1956, as amended at 30 FR 11596, Sept. 10, 1965. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977 and at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981]