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REGISTER

FEDERAL
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VOLUME 19

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NUMBER 73

1934

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Washington, Thursday, April 15, 1954

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TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter I Agricultural Marketing Service Standards; Inspections, Marketing Practices, Department of Agriculture Part 52P rocessed F ruits and V ege tables, P rocessed P roducts T hereof, and Certain O ther P rocessed F ood P roducts SUBPART UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR
GRADES OF FROZEN APPLES 1

On February 2, 1954, a notice of pro posed rule making was published in the F ederal R egister 19 F. R. 559 re garding a proposed revision of United States Standards for Grades of .Frozen Apples.
After consideration of all relevant matters presented, including the pro posal set forth in the aforesaid notice, the following United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Apples are hereby promulgated pursuant to the authority contained in the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 60 Stat. 1087 et seq., 7
U. S. C. 1621 et seq. and the Depart ment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954 Pub. Law 156, 83d Cong., approved July 28, 1953.
The standards are as follows:
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, STYLES, AND GRADES

Sec.
52.361 Product description.
52.362 Styles of frozen apples.
52.363 Grades of frozen apples.
FACTORS OF QUALITY

52.364 Ascertaining the grade.
52.365 Ascertaining the rating for the factors which are scored.
52.366 Color.
52.367 Size.
52.368 Defects.
52.369 Character.
LOT CERTIFICATION TOLERANCES

52.370 Tolerances for certification of officiaUy drawn samples.
SCORE SHEET

52.371 Scoresheet for frozen apples.
1The requirements of these standards shall not excuse failure to comply with the pro visions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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A u t h o r i t y : 52.361 to 52.371 issued un der sec. 205, 60 Stat. 1090, 67 Stat. 205; 7
U. S. C. 1624.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, STYLES, AND
GRADES

52.361 Product description. Frozen apples are prepared from sound, prop erly ripened fruit of Malus sylvestris Pyrus malus ; are peeled, cored, trimmed, sliced, sorted, and washed; are properly drained before filling into con tainers; may be packed with or without the addition of a nutritive sweetening ingredient nd any other ingredient per missible under the provisions of the Fed eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and are frozen in accordance with good com mercial practice and maintained at temperatures necessary for the preserva tion of the product.
52.362 Styles of frozen apples, a Slices méans frozen apples consisting, of slices of apples cut longitudinally and radially from the core axis.
52.363 Grades of frozen apples, a U. S. Grade A or U. S. Fancy is the quality of frozen apples th at possess similar varietal characteristics ; that possess a good flavor; th at possess a good color; th at are practically uniform in size; th at are practically free from defects; that possess a good character;
and that score not less than 85 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart:
Provided, T hat the frozen apples may be only fairly uniform in size, if the total score is not less than 85 points.
b U. S. Grade C or U. S. Stand ard is the quality of frozen apples that possess similar varietal characteristics;
th at possess a fairly good flavor; th at possess a fairly good color; th at are fairly uniform in size; that are fairly free from defects; that possess a fairly good char acter; and th at score not less than 70
points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this sub part.
c Substandard is the quality of frozen apples th at fail to meet the re quirements of U. S. Grade C or U. S.
Standard.
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CONTENTS
Agricultural Marketing Service
Proposed rule making:
Market agencies; petition for modification of rate order:
Omaha Union Stock Yards, Omaha, Nebr___________
St. Louis National StockyardsMilk handling in MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minn________ - __
Rules and regulations:
Apples, frozen; U. S. standards for grades___________ ____
Fruits and berries, fresh; Or ange and Grapefruit Export Payment Program UMX 135a Fiscal Year 1954; eligible countries_________________-.
Walnuts grown in California, Oregon and Washington, han dling of; increase in rate of assessment for marketing year beginning August 1, 1953___ _______ __________

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Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice; Commodity Credit Corpora tion.
Air Force Department
Rules and regulations:
Decorations and awards; manu facture of decorations------ 2175
Civil Aeronautics Administra tion
Irregular air carrier and off-route rules; operating limitations for transport category aircraft see Civil Aeronautics Board, Civil Aeronautics Board
Rules and regulations:
Irregular air carrier and offroute rules; operating limita tions for transport category aircraft-------------- ------------- 2168
Commerce Department
See Civil Aeronautics Board; For eign Commerce Bureau.
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notices:
April 1954 export and domestic price list; sales of certain commodities a t fixed prices 2195
Defense Department
See Air Force Department.
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