CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER IX—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 900 to 999) > PART 989—RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA > SUBPART —Conversion Factors (§989.601 to §989.601) > 989.601—Conversion factors for raisin weight.

989.601—Conversion factors for raisin weight.

The following factors for the named varietal types of raisins shall be used to convert the net weight of reconditioned raisins acquired by handlers as packed raisins to natural condition weight. The net weight of the raisins after the completion of processing shall be divided by the applicable factor to obtain the natural condition weight: Provided, That the adjusted weight does not exceed the original weight of the raisins prior to reconditioning; and Provided further, That, if the adjusted weight exceeds the original weight, the original weight will be used.
Varietal type Conversion factor
Natural (sun-dried) Seedless 0.92
Golden Seedless, Dipped Seedless, Other Seedless, and Other Seedless-Sulfured 0.95
Muscats (including raisins with seeds):
Seeded 0.80
Unseeded 0.92
Sultana 0.92
Zante Currant 0.91

Code of Federal Regulations

[54 FR 41587, Oct. 11, 1989, as amended at 67 FR 36792, May 28, 2002; 68 FR 42947, July 21, 2003]