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) > 52.1011—Score sheet for dates.

52.1011—Score sheet for dates.

Size and kind of container
Container mark or identification
Label or brand
Net weight
Style
Count (per lb.)
Moisture content (if determined)
One variety (□) Yes (□) No
Factors
Score points
Color 20 (A) 18-20
(B) (B-Dry) 1 16-17
(C) (C-Dry) 1 14-15
(SStd) 1 0-13
Uniformity of size 10 (A)(B) (B-Dry) 9-10 1 8
(C) (C-Dry) 1 7
(SStd) 1 0-6
Absence of defects 30 (A)(B) (B-Dry) 27-30 1 24-26
(C) (C-Dry) 1 21-23
(SStd) 1 0-20
Character 40 (A) 36-40
(B) (B-Dry) 1 32-35
(C) (C-Dry) 1 28-31
(SStd) 1 0-27
Total score 100
Grade
1 Limiting rule.