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CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 51  /  Sec. 51.1549 Skinning.

(a) The following definitions provide a basis for describing lots of potatoes as to the degree of skinning whenever description may be appropriate:

(1) ``Practically no skinning'' means that not more than 5 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-tenth of the skin missing or ``feathered'';

(2) ``Slightly skinned'' means that not more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-fourth of the skin missing or ``feathered'';

(3) ``Moderately skinned'' means that not more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-half of the skin missing or ``feathered''; and

(4) ``Badly skinned'' means that more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-half of the skin missing or ``feathered''.

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