50 CFR § 261.101 - Standard description.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s261.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 261.101 - Standard description."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "261.101"
section_name: "Standard description."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR GRADES"
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. 1621-1630."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 9369, Mar. 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "261"
---


# 261.101 Standard description.

A U.S. Standard for Grades authorized under this part is a standard for a fish or fishery product that has been developed and adopted by the voluntary seafood inspection program pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 *et seq.*) and other authorities delegated to the U.S. Department of Commerce.