Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 19, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Oct 11, 2024
§ 51.2282 - Tolerances for color.

(a) All percentages shall be calculated on the basis of weight.

(b) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, tolerances shall be permitted for the respective color classifications as indicated in Table II:

Table II

Color classification Tolerances for color
Darker than extra light 1 Darker than light 1 Darker than light amber 1 Darker than amber 1
Extra light15 percent2 percent (included in 15 percent darker than extra light)
Light15 percent2 percent (included in 15 percent darker than light)
Light amber15 percent2 percent (included in 15 percent darker than light amber).
Amber10 percent.
Red

1 See illustration of this term on USDA Walnut Color Chart.

[23 FR 10354, Dec. 25, 1958. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 82 FR 39657, Aug. 22, 2017]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
cite as: 7 CFR 51.2282