(a) Fruit shall be fairly uniform in size. When packed in approved containers, fruit shall be arranged according to the approved and recognized methods.

(b) “Fairly uniform in size” means that not more than the number of fruit permitted in §51.689, Tables I and II, are outside the ranges of diameters given in Table III:

Table III— 710 Bushel Carton

Open Table
Pack size/number of oranges Diameter in inches
Minimum Maximum
24 31216 5116
32 3616 4916
36 3416 4616
40 3216 4416
48 21516 4
56 21316 31316
64 21116 31016
72 2916 3816
88 2816 3416
113 2716 3
138 2616 21216

(c) In order to allow for variations, other than sizing, incident to proper packing, not more than 5 percent of the packages in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of standard pack.

[66 FR 48788, Sept. 24, 2001]


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