Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 19, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Oct 11, 2024
§ 51.2557 - Tolerances.

(a) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, the tolerances, by weight, in Table I are provided.

Table 1—Tolerances

Factor
(tolerances by weight)
U.S. fancy
(percent)
U.S. extra No. 1
(percent)
U.S. No. 1
(percent)
(a) Damage2.02.53.0
(b) Serious Damage (Minor Insect or Vertebrate Injury, Mold, Rancid, Decay)1.52.02.5
(1) Insect Damage, included in (b).3.4.5
(c) Foreign Material.03.05.1
[55 FR 28747, July 13, 1990; 55 FR 29938, July 23, 1990, as amended at 68 FR 50685, Aug. 22, 2003; 69 FR 76835, Dec. 23, 2004]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
cite as: 7 CFR 51.2557