7 CFR 51.705

§ 51.705 Fairly firm.

United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective

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Citation: 7 CFR 51.705, § 51.705 Fairly firm, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/14973
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Fairly firm as applied to common oranges, means that the fruit may be slightly soft, but not bruised; as applied to oranges of the Mandarin group (Satsuma, King, Mandarin) means that the fruit is not extremely puffy or the skin extremely loose.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.