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  2. Title 7 - Agriculture
  3. Subtitle B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
  4. Chapter I - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
  5. Subchapter C - REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT
  6. Part 51 - FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)
  7. Subpart II - United States Standards for Grades of Bermuda-Granex-Grano Type Onions
  8. Topic - Size Classifications
  9. 7 CFR § 51.3198
7 CFR § 51.3198
Size classifications
July 6, 2020
CFR

Size shall be specified in connection with the grade in terms of minimum diameter, range in diameter, minimum diameter with a percentage of a certain size or larger, or in accordance with one of the size classifications listed below: Provided, that unless otherwise specified, onions shall not be less than 11⁄2 inches in diameter, with 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter.

Open Table
Size designation Minimum diameter Maximum diameter
Inches Millimeters Inches Millimeters
Small 1 25.4 21⁄4 57.2
Repacker/Prepacker1 13⁄4 44.5 3 76.2
Medium 2 50.8 31⁄4 82.6
Large or Jumbo 3 76.2 (2)
Colossal 33⁄4 95.3 (2)

1In addition to the sizes specified, a lot of onions designated as Repacker or Prepacker shall contain at least 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter.

2No requirement.

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