United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1997_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be02607e D09002ee1be02652a United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule revises the United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Almonds and the United States Standards for Grades of Almonds in the Shell. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), in cooperation with the almond industry and other interested parties, develops and revises standards of quality, condition, quantity, grade, and packaging in order to facilitate commerce by providing buyers, sellers, and quality assurance personnel uniform language and criteria for describing various levels of quality and condition as valued in the marketplace. The revision will change the foreign material tolerances; the tolerance for live insects inside the shell; remove the language ``appearance of the lot'' from all definitions in the standards; combine tolerances for chipping and scratching and split and broken in the U.S. Standard Sheller Run grade; revise current definitions; and add new definitions. 62 FR 2891 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-21/97-1330 97-1330 fr21ja97-1 3410-02-P Docket No. FV-95-305 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-21/97-1330 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-21/html/97-1330.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-21/pdf/97-1330.pdf 6 p. 2891 2896 62 FR 2891 Title 7 Part 51 7 CFR Part 51 Shelled Almonds and Almonds in the Shell; Grade Standards; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue RULE 97-1330 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service Docket No. FV-95-305 3410-02-P 97-1330 Final rule.

This final rule revises the United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Almonds and the United States Standards for Grades of Almonds in the Shell. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), in cooperation with the almond industry and other interested parties, develops and revises standards of quality, condition, quantity, grade, and packaging in order to facilitate commerce by providing buyers, sellers, and quality assurance personnel uniform language and criteria for describing various levels of quality and condition as valued in the marketplace. The revision will change the foreign material tolerances; the tolerance for live insects inside the shell; remove the language ``appearance of the lot'' from all definitions in the standards; combine tolerances for chipping and scratching and split and broken in the U.S. Standard Sheller Run grade; revise current definitions; and add new definitions.

March 24, 1997. Frank O'Sullivan, Fresh Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Room 2065 South Building, Washington, D.C. 20090-6456, or call (202) 720-2185. Vol. 62, no. 13 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-01-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 314 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-21 P0b002ee180a42d4a 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21ja97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-21/pdf/FR-1997-01-21.pdf fdlp 2891 3192 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-01-21 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-01-21 62 13