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 52—PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS 1 > SUBPART —United States Standards for Grades of Canned Red Tart Pitted Cherries 1 (§52.771 to §52.784) > 52.782—Allowances for quality factors.

52.782—Allowances for quality factors.

Table IV—Allowances for Quality Factors
Factor Sample unit size Maximum number permissible for the respective grade
A A B B C C
Pits 20 ozs Not more than 2 in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 40 ozs Not more than 3 in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 30 ozs 4 or more in any sample unit Sample average 1 per 20 ozs.
Defects: 100 cherries
Code of Federal Regulations 557
Total—multilated, plus minor blemished plus blemished. 10 15 20
of which
Blemished—limited to 3 7 15
Harmless extraneous material Total contents Average 1 piece per 60 oz. net contents Average 1.5 pieces per 60 oz. net contents Average 3 piece per 60 oz. net contents