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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 52 - PROCESSED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS
  7. Subpart D - United States Standards for Grades of Dates
  8. Topic - Factors of Quality
  9. 7 CFR § 52.1004
7 CFR § 52.1004
Ascertaining the grade
July 6, 2020
CFR

In addition to considering other requirements outlined in the standards, the following quality factors are evaluated:

(a) Factor not related by score points.

(1) Varietal requirement.

(b) Factors rated by score points. The relative importance of each factor which is scored is expressed numerically on the scale of 100. The maximum number of points that may be given such factors are:

Open Table
    Points
(1) Color 20
(2) Uniformity of size 10
(3) Absence of defects 30
(4) Character 40
Total score 100
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§ 52.1005 Ascertaining the rating for the factors which are scored

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