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 Frozen Red Tart Pitted Cherries (§52.801 to §52.812) > 52.802—Grades of frozen red tart pitted cherries.

52.802—Grades of frozen red tart pitted cherries.

(a) “U.S. Grade A” (or “U.S. Fancy”) is the quality of frozen red tart pitted cherries of which not more than five (5) cherries per sample unit may be less than 9/16 inch (14 mm) in diameter, and that:
(1) Possess a good red color;
(2) Are practically free from pits;
(3) Are practically free from defects;
(4) Have a good character;
(5) Possess a normal flavor; and
(6) Score not less than 90 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
(b) “U.S. Grade B” (or “U.S. Choice”) is the quality of frozen red tart pitted cherries of which not more than ten (10) cherries per sample unit may be less than 9/16 inch (14 mm) in diameter, and that:
(1) Possess a reasonably good red color;
(2) Are reasonably free from pits;
(3) Are reasonably free from defects;
(4) Have a reasonably good character:
(5) Possess a normal flavor; and
(6) Score not less than 80 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
(c) “U.S. Grade C” (or “U.S. Standard”) is the quality of frozen red tart pitted cherries that:
(1) Possess a fairly good red color;
(2) Are fairly free from pits;
(3) Are fairly free from defects;
(4) Have a fairly good character;
(5) Possess a normal flavor; and
(6) Score not less than 70 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
(d) “Substandard” is the quality of frozen red tart pitted cherries that fail to meet the requirements of U.S. Grade C.