7 CFR § 52.782 - Allowances for quality factors.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s52.782"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 52.782 - Allowances for quality factors."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "52.782"
section_name: "Allowances for quality factors."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
cfr_part: "52"
---


# 52.782 Allowances for quality factors.

Table IV—Allowances for Quality Factors

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pits | 20 ozs | Not more than 2 in any sample unit | Sample average 1 per 40 ozs | Not more than 3 in any sample unit | Sample average 1 per 30 ozs | 4 or more in any sample unit | Sample average 1 per 20 ozs. |
| Defects: | 100 cherries |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total—multilated, plus minor blemished plus blemished. |  | 10 |  | 15 |  | 20 |  |
| of which |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Blemished—limited to |  | 3 |  | 7 |  | 15 |  |
| Harmless extraneous material | Total contents | Average 1 piece per 60 oz. net contents |  | Average 1.5 pieces per 60 oz. net contents |  | Average 3 piece per 60 oz. net contents |  |