CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (parts 51 to 75) > PART 51—FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCTS 1,2 (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS) > SUBPART —United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Pistachio Nuts (§51.2555 to §51.2562) > 51.2557—Tolerances.

51.2557—Tolerances.

(a) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, the tolerances, by weight, in Table I are provided.
Table 1—Tolerances
Factor(tolerances by weight) U.S. fancy(percent) U.S. extra No. 1(percent) U.S. No. 1(percent)
(a) Damage 2.0 2.5 3.0
(b) Serious Damage (Minor Insect or Vertebrate Injury, Mold, Rancid, Decay) 1.5 2.0 2.5
(1) Insect Damage, included in (b) .3 .4 .5
(c) Foreign Material .03 .05 .1

Code of Federal Regulations

[55 FR 28747, July 13, 1990; 55 FR 29938, July 23, 1990, as amended at 68 FR 50685, Aug. 22, 2003; 69 FR 76835, Dec. 23, 2004]