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) > 51.691—Standard pack for oranges except Temple variety.

51.691—Standard pack for oranges except Temple variety.

(a) Fruit shall be fairly uniform in size. When packed in approved containers, fruit shall be arranged according to the approved and recognized methods.
(b) “Fairly uniform in size” means that not more than the number of fruit permitted in § 51.689, Tables I and II, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table III:
Table III—7/10 Bushel Carton
Pack size/number of oranges Diameter in inches
Minimum Maximum
24 312/16 51/16
32 36/16 49/16
36 34/16 46/16
40 32/16 44/16
48 215/16 4
56 213/16 313/16
64 211/16 310/16
72 29/16 38/16
88 28/16 34/16
113 27/16 3
138 26/16 212/16
(c) In order to allow for variations, other than sizing, incident to proper packing, not more than 5 percent of the packages in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of standard pack.

Code of Federal Regulations

[66 FR 48788, Sept. 24, 2001]