Work sheet for dried prunes

Size and kind of container Container mark or identification Label or brand Varietal type Style Size: Count per pound (Average) Uniformity ( ) Extra large ( ) Large ( ) Medium ( ) Small Moisture content percent; Uniformity Varietal characteristics: ( ). Similar. ( ) Dissimilar.

Defects and summary of allowances 1 Grade A maximum Grade B maximum Grade C maximum Substandard maximum Total of all defects, including off-color 10 percent 15 percent No limit except as indicated below. Total of all defects, including off-color and poor texture 20 percent Poor texture, end cracks, skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 6 percent But no more than 8 percent End cracks,2 skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 10 percent 2 Skin or flesh damage, 3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay But no more than 8 percent Mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay 3 percent 4 percent 5 percent 5 percent. Decay But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent But no more than 1 percent. Total U.S. Grade (including all factors) 1 Percentages of defects are “by weight.” 2 Except that each 1 percent of end cracks to, and including 8 percent, by weight, shall be considered as 1⁄2 percent damaged by end cracks; and any additional end cracks shall be calculated as true percentage, by weight. 3 Allowances for “skin or flesh damage” apply only to “Whole Unpitted” style.

[21 FR 8177, Oct. 25, 1956, as amended at 30 FR 11596, Sept. 10, 1965. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977 and at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981]