996.31—Outgoing quality standards.
(a) Shelled peanuts:
No handler or importer shall ship or otherwise dispose of shelled peanuts for human consumption unless such peanuts are positive lot identified, chemically analyzed by a USDA laboratory or USDA-approved laboratory and certified “negative” as to aflatoxin, and certified by the Inspection Service as meeting the following quality standards:
| [Whole kernels and splits: Maximum limitations] | |||||
| Type and grade category | Unshelled peanuts and damaged kernels(percent) | Unshelled peanuts and damaged kernels and minor defects(percent) | Total fall throughSound whole kernels and/or sound split and broken kernels | Foreign materials(percent) | Moisture(percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excluding Lots of “splits” | |||||
| Runner | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Virginia (except No. 2) | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Spanish and Valencia | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| No. 2 Virginia | 1.50 | 3.00 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Runner with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Virginia with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Spanish and Valencia with splits (not more than 15% sound splits) | 1.50 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Lots of “splits” | |||||
| Runner (not less than 90% splits) | 2.00 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Virginia (not less than 90% splits) | 2.00 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 17/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
| Spanish and Valencia (not less than 90% splits) | 2.00 | 2.50 | 6.00%; 16/64 inch round screen | .20 | 9.00 |
(b) Cleaned-inshell peanuts:
No handler or importer shall ship or otherwise dispose of cleaned-inshell peanuts for human consumption unless such peanuts are Positive lot identified and are determined by the Inspection Service to contain:
(1)
Not more than l.00 percent kernels with mold unless a sample of such peanuts, drawn by an inspector of the Inspection Service, is analyzed chemically by a USDA laboratory or a USDA-approved laboratory and certified “negative” as to aflatoxin;