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 Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona) (§51.620 to §51.653) > 51.621—U.S. No. 1.

51.621—U.S. No. 1.

“U.S. No. 1” consists of grapefruit which meet the following requirements:
(a) Basic requirement:
(1) Discoloration:
(i) Not more than one-half of the surface, in the aggregate, may be affected by discoloration. (See § 51.638.)
(2) Firm;
(3) Mature;
(4) Similar varietal characteristics;
(5) Fairly well colored;
(6) Fairly smooth texture; and,
(7) Fairly well formed.
(b) Free from:
(1) Bruises;
(2) Cuts not healed;
(3) Caked melanose;
(4) Growth cracks;
(5) Sprayburn;
(6) Decay; and,
(7) Wormy fruit.
(c) Not damaged by any other cause.
(d) For tolerances see § 51.628.