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CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (parts 51 to 75) > PART 51—FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCTS 1,2 (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS) > SUBPART —United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona) (§51.620 to §51.653) > 51.628—Tolerances.

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51.628—Tolerances.

In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling in each of the foregoing grades, based on sample inspection, the number of defective or off-size specimens in the individual sample, and the number of defective or off-size specimens in the lot, shall be within the limitations specified in Tables I and II. No tolerance shall apply to wormy fruit.
Table I—Shipping Point 1
(A) For 1 through 20 Samples
Factor Grades AL 2 Number of 33-count samples 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Acceptance numbers (maximum permitted) 4
Decay U.S. Fancy.
U.S. No. 1. 1 0 0 0 1 51 2 2 2 2 52 2 2 3 3 3 53 3 4 4 4
U.S. Combination.
U.S. No. 2.
U.S. No. 3. 1 0 1 51 1 2 22 2 3 3 33 3 4 4 4 54 5 5 5 55 5
Very serious U.S. Fancy.
damage U.S. No. 1. 4 3 5 7 8 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 30 32
including U.S. Combination.
decay. U.S. No. 2.
Total defects U.S. Fancy.
including U.S. No. 1. 5 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
decay and U.S. No. 2.
very serious U.S. No. 3.
damage.
U.S. Combination (U.S. No. 2's permitted). 21 18 33 47 62 76 90 104 119 133 147 161 174 188 202 216 230 244 257 271 285
Off-size 7 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
Discoloration. U.S. No. 1.
U.S. No. 1 Bright. 7 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
U.S. No. 2.
U.S. Combination.
Acceptance numbers (minimum required) 4
U.S. No. 1 Bronze. 0 2 4 8 11 14 18 21 25 28 32 36 39 43 47 50 53 57 61 64 68
U.S. No. 2 Russet.
Table I—Shipping Point 1 (Continued)
(B) For 21 through 40 Samples
Factor Grades AL 2 Number of 33-count samples 3
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Acceptance numbers (maximum permitted) 4
Decay U.S. Fancy.
U.S. No. 1. 1 4 4 54 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 35 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 36 6
U.S. Combination.
U.S. No. 2.
U.S. No. 3. 1 5 6 6 6 56 6 7 7 7 57 7 8 8 8 8 58 9 9 9 9
Very serious U.S. Fancy.
damage U.S. No. 1. 4 32 34 35 36 38 39 40 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 56 57
including U.S. Combination.
decay. U.S. No. 2.
Total defects U.S. Fancy.
including U.S. No. 1. 5 67 70 73 76 79 82 84 87 90 93 96 99 102 105 107 110 113 116 119 122
decay and U.S. No. 2.
very serious U.S. No. 3.
damage.
U.S. Combination (U.S. No. 2's permitted). 21 298 312 326 339 353 367 380 394 408 421 435 449 462 476 489 503 517 530 544 557
Off-size 7 67 70 73 76 79 82 84 87 90 93 96 99 102 105 107 110 113 116 119 122
Discoloration U.S. No. 1.
U.S. No. 1 Bright. 7 67 70 73 76 79 82 84 87 90 93 96 99 102 105 107 110 113 116 119 122
U.S. No. 2.
U.S. Combination.
Acceptance numbers (minimum required) 4
U.S. No. 1 Bronze. 0 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 99 103 107 110 114 118 122 126 130 134 137 141 145
U.S. No. 2 Russet.
1 Shipping point, as used in these standards, means the point of origin of the shipment in the production area or at port of loading for ship stores or overseas shipments, or in the case of shipments from outside the continental United States, the port of entry into the United States.
2 AL—Absolute limit permitted in individual 33-count sample.
3 Same size 33-count.
4 Acceptance number—maximum or minimum number of defective or off-size fruit permitted.
5 Preferred number of samples for this acceptance number.
Table II—En Route or at Destination
Factor Grades AL 1 Number of 33-count samples 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Acceptance numbers (maximum permitted) 3
Decay All. 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 413 14 15 16 17 18 418 19
Very Serious U.S. Fancy.
damage U.S. No. 1. 4 3 5 7 8 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 30 31
other than U.S. No. 2.
decay. U.S. Combination.
Total defects U.S. Fancy.
including U.S. No. 1. 5 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
very serious U.S. No. 2.
damage. U.S. No. 3.
other than decay.
U.S. Combination (U.S. No. 2's permitted). 21 18 33 47 62 76 90 104 119 133 147 161 174 188 202 216 230 244 257 271 28
Off-size 7 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
Discoloration U.S. No. 1.
U.S. No. 1 Bright. 7 5 9 12 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 44 46 49 52 55 58 61 64
U.S. No. 2.
U.S. Combination.
Acceptance numbers (minimum required) 3
U.S. No. 1 Bronze. 0 2 4 8 11 14 18 21 25 28 32 36 39 43 47 50 53 57 61 64 68
U.S. No. 2 Russet.
1 Absolute limit permitted in individual 33-count sample
2 Sample size—33-count
3 Acceptance number—maximum or minimum number of defective or off-size fruit permitted
4 Preferred number of samples for this acceptance number
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