7 CFR 51.1312
§ 51.1312 Tolerances for standard pack.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 51.1312, § 51.1312 Tolerances for standard pack, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/15140
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(a) In order to allow for variations incident to proper sizing, not more than 5 percent of the pears in any lot may fail to meet the size requirements: Provided, That when the maximum and minimum sizes are both stated, an additional 10 percent tolerance shall be allowed for pears which are larger than the maximum size stated.
(b) In order to allow for variations incident to proper packing, not more than 10 percent of the containers in any lot may fail to meet these requirements but no part of this tolerance shall be allowed for bridge packs, or for packs with different sizes and arrangements such as layers of 195 size and arrangement, and layers of 180 size and arrangement packed in the same box.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.