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 Oranges (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona) (§51.680 to §51.714) > 51.681—U.S. Fancy.

51.681—U.S. Fancy.

“U.S. Fancy” consists of oranges which meet the following requirements:
(a) Basic requirements:
(1) Discoloration:
(i) Not more than one-tenth of the surface, in the aggregate, may be affected by discoloration. (See § 51.700.)
(2) Firm;
(3) Mature;
(4) Similar varietal characteristics;
(5) Well colored;
(6) Well formed; and,
(7) Smooth texture.
(b) Free from:
(1) Ammoniation;
(2) Bruises;
(3) Buckskin;
(4) Caked melanose;
(5) Creasing;
(6) Cuts not healed;
(7) Decay;
(8) Growth cracks;
(9) Scab;
(10) Skin breakdown;
(11) Sprayburn;
(12) Undeveloped segments; and,
(13) Wormy fruit.
(c) Not injured by:
(1) Green spots;
(2) Oil spots;
(3) Split navels;
(4) Rough, wide or protruding navels;
(5) Scale;
(6) Scars; and,
(7) Thorn scratches.
(d) Not damaged by any other cause.
(e) For tolerances see § 51.689.