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REGISTER
VOLUME 12

1934

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NUMBER 198

Washington, Thursday, October 9,1947

TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter I Production and Marketing Administration Standards, Inspec tions, Marketing Practices P art 52 P rocessed F r u it s , V eg etables , a n d O t h e r P r o d u c t s I n s p e c t io n , C e r
t if ic a t io n , a n d S ta n d a r d s
u n it e d s t a t e s stan d ar d s for f r o z en s p in a c h
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On April 10, 1947, notice of proposed rule making was published in the F ederal R egister 12 E . R . 2367 regarding the proposed revision of United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Spinach.
After consideration of all relevant mat ters presented, including the proposals set forth in the aforesaid notice, the fol lowing revised United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Spinach are hereby promulgated pursuant to the authority contained in the Department of Agri culture Appropriation Act, 1948 Pub.
Law 266, 80th Cong., 1st Sess., approved July 30, 1947 :

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U. S. Grade D or Substandard CONTENTS
is the quality of frozen spinach that fails Agriculture Department Pae to meet the requirements of U. S. Grade See also Animal Industry Bureau.
B or U. S. Extra Standard.
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Ascertaining the grade. 1 The Rules and regulations:
Spinach, frozen; U . S. Stand grade of frozen spinach is ascertained ards -----------6653
after the spinach has been completely thawed under a gentle spray of tap water Alien Property, Office of at a temperature of approximately 68
Notices:
F., except that a representative portion Vesting orders, etc.:
of the frozen spinach is cooked without Blumenthal, Bernard, et al 6670
first thawing, when examining the prod Dr. Rud. Scholz & Co-----------6669
uct for grit, sand, or silt. The thawed Ehrlich, Alma, et al-----------6671
spinach is then scored for the factors of Fries, Annie Gertrude----------- 6670
color and absence of defects other than 6671
Gunze Hosiery Mills-----------grit, sand, or silt. It is then cooked, in Lor beer, Margaret----------------6667
the manner described herein, before Moser, Carl H _______________
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evaluating the factor of character. The Sauer, Lena---- ---------------------- 6668
flavor and odor of frozen spinach is also Scheyer, Galka E____________
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determined after cooking.
Normal Schmidt, Friedrich Georg flavor and odor means that the spinach Gottlob____________________
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is free from objectionable flavors and Schutze, Alma__________________ 6669
odors of any kind.
Seiseido Shoten, Ltd__________ 6672
2 The grade of frozen spinach may Siebold, Regina-------------------6671
be ascertained by considering, in addition Wada, A., Agency----------------6670
to the requirements of the respective Werner, Lina________________
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grade, the following factors: Color, ab Yamane, Mrs. Sadako, and S.
sence of. defects, and character. The 6670
Yamane-,._________
relative importance of each factor is Animal Industry Bureau expressed numerically on a scale of 100.
Rules and regulations:
The maximum number of points that may Canned wet normal mainte be given each factor is:
Points nance food forTlogs, cats, and 1 C o lo r ___________ /---------------------- 20
other carnivora; inspection, ii Absence of defects -------------------60
certification, and identifica iii Character ------------------------------------- 20
tion as to class, quality, quan tity, and condition ----------- 6656
Total score__________________________ 100

52.649 Frozen spinach. Frozen spin ach is the product which is prepared from the succulent leaves and stems of fresh spinach Spinacia oleracea by sorting, trimming, washing, and pre cooking or blandhing such leaves and stems and which is frozen and stored at a temperature necessary for the preser vation of the frozen product.
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Grades of frozen spinach. 1
c Ascertaining the rating of each Civil Aeronautics Administra U. S. Grade A ;or U. S. Fancy is the tion factor.
The essential variations within quality of frozen spinach that possesses a Rules and regulations:
each factor are so described that the practically uniform bright typical green Federal aid to public agencies value may be ascertained lo r each factor color, a good character, a normal flavor for development of public airand expressed numerically. The numer and odor, is practically free from defects, ports; revision of appendix._
ical range within each factor is inclusive and scores not less than 85 -points when for example, 17
to 20
points means 17, Civil Aeronautics Board scored ih accordance with the scoring 18,19, or 20 points.
Notices:
system outlined herein.
1 Color, i Frozen spinach that Hearings, etc:
2 reasonably free from defects, and scores that is characteristic of the spinach from Take-off limitations applying to not less than 70 points tthen scored in which prepared, is bright, and that there airplanes certificated under accordance with the scoring system out is not more than a slight variation In the transport category:
lined herein.
green color.
Certification and operation ii I f the frozen spinach possesses a rules for scheduled air car 1The requirements of these standards shall reasonably good uniform typical green rier operations outside con not excuse failure to comply with the ;provi color, a score of JL4 to 16 points may be tinental limits of U. B------sions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Scheduled air carrier rules Continued on nfext page Act.
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