(a) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, the tolerances in Tables I, II, and III of this section are provided.
Table I--Tolerances
[Percent]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S.
Factor U.S. fancy U.S. extra U.S. No. 1 U.S. select artificially U.S. non-
No. 1 opened split----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------External (shell) Defects
(tolerances by weight):(a) Non-split and not split 2 3 6 10 10 N/A
(1) Non-split included in 1 2 3 4 4 N/A
(a)........................(b) Adhering hull material.. 1 1 1 2 2 2(c) Light stained........... 7 12 25 N/A N/A N/A(1) Dark stained, included 2 3 3 3 3 3
in (c).....................(d) Damage by other means... 1 1 2 3 10 N/A(e) Total External Defects.. 9 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A(f) Undersized (Less than 5 5 5 5 4 5
\30/64\ inch in diameter)..----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table II--Tolerances----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S.
Factor internal (kernel) U.S. fancy U.S. extra U.S. No. 1 U.S. select artificially U.S. non-
defects (tolerances by (percent) No. 1 (percent) (percent) opened split
(a) Damage.................. 3 6 6 6 6 6(b) Serious Damage (Minor 3 4 4 4 4 4
Insect or Vertebrate
Injury, Mold, Rancid,
Decay).....................
(1) Insect Damage, included 1 2 2 2 2 2
in (b).....................(c) Total Internal Defects.. 4 8 9 9 9 9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table III--Tolerances
[Percent]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S.
Factor U.S. fancy U.S. extra U.S. No. 1 U.S. select artificially U.S. non-
No. 1 opened split--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other Defects (tolerances by weight):(a) Shell pieces and blanks..................................... 2 2 2 2 2 2(1) Blanks, included in (a)..................................... 1 1 1 1 1 1(b) Foreign material (No glass, metal or live insects shall be .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25
permitted).....................................................(c) Particles and dust.......................................... .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25(d) Loose kernels............................................... 4 5 6 6 6 6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [68 FR 50683, Aug. 22, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 76835, Dec. 23, 2004]