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 2011_register executive 2011-06-02 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7ffd3ec D09002ee1c7ffd4ef 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 rule revises the United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes. These standards are issued under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the similar varietal characteristic requirement to allow mixed colors and/ or types of potatoes when designated as a mixed or specialty pack. Additionally, AMS is adding restrictive tolerances for permanent defects in the en route/at destination tolerances, removing the unneeded definition for injury, and clarifying the scoring guide for sprouts. AMS is also adding table numbers to the definitions of "Damage," "Serious Damage," and "External Defects," amending table headings, replacing omitted language in the definition for bruises and amending language in the tolerance section to ensure soft rot tolerances are applied correctly. The purpose of this revision is to update and revise the standards to more accurately represent today's marketing practices and to clarify existing language. 76 FR 31787 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-02/2011-13485 2011-13485 fr02jn11-3 3410-02-P Doc. # AMS-FV-08-0023 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-02/2011-13485 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-02/html/2011-13485.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-02/pdf/2011-13485.pdf Agricultural Commodities Food Grades and Standards Fruits Nuts Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Trees Vegetables 4 p. 31787 31790 76 FR 31787 Title 7 Part 51 7 CFR Part 51 United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue RULE 2011-13485 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2011-06-03 Doc. # AMS-FV-08-0023 3410-02-P 2011-13485 Final rule.

This rule revises the United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes. These standards are issued under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the similar varietal characteristic requirement to allow mixed colors and/ or types of potatoes when designated as a mixed or specialty pack. Additionally, AMS is adding restrictive tolerances for permanent defects in the en route/at destination tolerances, removing the unneeded definition for injury, and clarifying the scoring guide for sprouts. AMS is also adding table numbers to the definitions of "Damage," "Serious Damage," and "External Defects," amending table headings, replacing omitted language in the definition for bruises and amending language in the tolerance section to ensure soft rot tolerances are applied correctly. The purpose of this revision is to update and revise the standards to more accurately represent today's marketing practices and to clarify existing language.

Effective June 3, 2011. Dr. Carl Newell, Standardization and Training Section, Fresh Products Branch, (540) 361-1120. The United States Standards for Grades of Potatoes are available through the Fresh Products Branch Web site at http://www.ams.usda.gov/freshinspection. Agricultural Commodities Food Grades and Standards Fruits Nuts Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Trees Vegetables Standards for Grades of Potatoes , http://www.ams.usda.gov/freshinspection Vol. 76, no. 106 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-06-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 290 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-02 P0b002ee180d2d1a2 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02jn11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-06-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-02/pdf/FR-2011-06-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-06-02/xml/FR-2011-06-02.xml fdlp 31785 32063 DGPO 2011-06-02 2024-06-04 FR-2011-06-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-06-02 76 106