7 CFR § 51.1877 - Classification of defects.
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§ 51.1877 Classification of defects.
Table II
References to Area, Aggregate Area, Length or Aggregate Length are Based on a Tomato Having a Diameter of 2 1/2 Inches (64 mm) 1
Factor | Damage | Serious damage | Very serious damage |
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Cuts and broken skins | Not shallow or not well healed, or shallow, well healed cut more than
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Not shallow or not well healed, or shallow, well healed cut more than
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Fresh or healed and extending through the tomato wall. |
Puffiness | Open space in 1 or more locules materially detracts from appearance of tomato cut through center at right angles to a line from stem to blossom end | Open space in 1 or more locules seriously detracts from appearance of tomato cut through center at right angles to a line from stem to blossom end | Open space in 2 or more locules very seriously detracts from appearance of tomato cut through center at right angles to a line from stem to blossom end. |
Catfaces | Scars are rough or deep, channels are very deep or wide, channels extend into a locule, or a fairly smooth catface aggregating more than a circle
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Scars are rough or deep, channels are very deep or wide, channels extend into a locule, or a fairly smooth catface aggregating more than a circle
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Channels extend into the locule, wall has been weakened to the extent that slight pressure will cause a tomato to leak, or a fairly smooth catface aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter. |
Scars (other than catfaces) | No depth and aggregating more than a circle
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No depth and aggregating more than a circle
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No depth and aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter. |
Growth cracks (radiating from or concentric to stem scar) | Not well healed, more than
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Not well healed, more than
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Not well healed, more than
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Hail | Deep, rough, not well healed and corked over, or fairly smooth, shallow hailmarks aggregating more than a circle
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Deep, rough, not well healed and corked over, or fairly smooth, shallow hailmarks aggregating more than a circle
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Fresh, very deep or fairly smooth, shallow hailmarks aggregating more than a circle 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter. |
Insect injury | Materially detracts from the appearance of any insect is present in the fruit | Seriously detracts from the appearance of any insect is present in the fruit | Very seriously detracts from the appearance of any insect is present in the fruit. |
1 Conversion to metric equivalent, made to nearest whole millimeter.
[38 FR 23932, Sept. 5, 1973, as amended at 38 FR 32920, Nov. 29, 1973. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981]