7 CFR § 986.16 - Grade and size.

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title: "7 CFR § 986.16 - Grade and size."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "986.16"
section_name: "Grade and size."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "986"
part_name: "PECANS GROWN IN THE STATES OF ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TEXAS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 51302, Aug. 4, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 986.16 Grade and size.

*Grade and size* means any of the officially established grades of pecans and any of the officially established sizes of pecans as set forth in the United States standards for inshell and shelled pecans or amendments thereto, or modifications thereof, or other variations of grade and size based thereon recommended by the Council and approved by the Secretary.