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 52—PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS 1 > SUBPART —United States Standards for Grades of Dates (§52.1001 to §52.1011) > 52.1002—Styles of dates.

52.1002—Styles of dates.

(a) Whole or whole dates means whole unpitted dates from which the pits have not been removed and which may be slit longitudinally.
(b) Pitted or pitted dates means whole dates from which the pits have been removed.
(c) Pieces or date pieces means dates that have been cut or sliced into small pieces and that can be handled as individual units.
(d) Macerated or macerated dates means dates that have been ground, chopped, mashed, or broken or that have been cut or sliced into small pieces and that cannot be handled as individual units.