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) > 51.682—U.S. No. 1.

51.682—U.S. No. 1.

“U.S. No. 1” consists of oranges which meet the following requirements:
(a) Basic requirements:
(1) Discoloration:
(i) Not more than one-third of the surface, in the aggregate, may be affected by discoloration. (See § 51.700.)
(2) Firm;
(3) Mature;
(4) Similar varietal characteristics;
(5) Well formed;
(6) Fairly smooth texture; and,
(7) Color:
(i) Early and midseason varieties shall be fairly well colored.
(ii) For Valencia and other late varieties, not less than 50 percent, by count, shall be fairly well colored and the remainder reasonably well colored.
(b) Free from:
(1) Bruises;
(2) Cuts not healed;
(3) Caked melanose;
(4) Decay;
(5) Growth cracks;
(6) Sprayburn;
(7) Undeveloped segments; and,
(8) Wormy fruit.
(c) Not damaged by any other cause.
(d) For tolerances see § 51.689.