(a) Fruits shall be fairly uniform in size, unless specified as uniform in size. When packed in approved containers, fruit shall be arranged according to the approved and recognized methods.
(b) ``Fairly uniform in size'' means that not more than the number of fruit permitted in Sec. 51.628, Tables I and II, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table III.
Table III--\7/10\ Bushel Carton------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diameter in inches
Pack size/number of grapefruit -------------------------
Minimum Maximum------------------------------------------------------------------------18............................................ 4\15/16\ 5\9/16\23............................................ 4\5/16\ 527............................................ 4\2/16\ 4\12/16\32............................................ 3\15/16\ 4\8/16\36............................................ 3\13/16\ 4\5/16\40............................................ 3\10/16\ 4\2/16\48............................................ 3\9/16\ 3\14/16\56............................................ 3\5/16\ 3\10/16\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) ``Uniform in size'' means that not more than the number of fruit permitted in Sec. 51.628, Tables I and II, vary more than the following amounts:
(1) 32 size and smaller--not more than six-sixteenths inch in diameter; and
(2) 27 size and larger--not more than nine-sixteenths inch in diameter.
(d) In order to allow for variations, other than sizing, incident to proper packing, not more than 5 percent of the packages in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of standard pack. [66 FR 48788, Sept. 24, 2001]
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