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 Shelled English Walnuts (Juglans Regia) (§51.2275 to §51.2296) > 51.2280—Tolerances for grade defects.

51.2280—Tolerances for grade defects.

(a) All percentages shall be claculated on the basis of weight.
(b) In order to allow for variations, other than for color and size, incident to proper grading and handling, tolerances shall be permitted for the respective grades as indicated in Table I:
Table I
[Percent]
Grade Tolerances for grade defects
Total defects Serious damage Very serious damage Shell and foreign material
U. S. No. 1 5 2 (included in 5 percent total defects) 1 (included in 2 percent serious damage) 0.05 (included in 1 percent very serious damage).
U.S. Commercial 8 4 (included in 8 percent total defects) 2 (included in 4 percent serious damage) 0.05 (included in 2 percent very serious damage).