Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 51  /  Sec. 51.2544 Tolerances.

(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]