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) > 52.810—Allowances for quality factors.

52.810—Allowances for quality factors.

Table I—Allowances for Quality Factors
Factor Sample unit size Maximum number permissible for the respective grade
A B C
Color:
Vary markedly or undercolored. 100 cherries 12 18 25.
Pits 20 ozs Not more than 2 in any sample unit. Sample average 1 per 40 ozs Not more than 3 in any sample unit. Sample average 1 per 30 ozs 4 or more in any sample unit. Sample average 1 per 20 ozs.
Defects:
Total-mutilated, minor blemished, and blemished of which 100 cherries 10 15 20.
Blemished—limited to 3 7 15.
Harmless extraneous material 20 ozs Average 1 piece per 60 oz. net contents Average 1 piece per 40 oz. net contents Average 1 piece per 20 oz. net contents.