U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges

Docket Number: AMS-SC-17-0076
Effective Date: November 30, 2020

Summary

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising the U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other than Florida, California, and Arizona) and the U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges (Texas and States other than Florida, California, and Arizona). The revision will convert the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) tables from showing the acceptable number of allowable defective fruit in each grade to showing the percentage of defects permitted in each grade; revise the minimum sample size to 25 fruit; update size classifications; remove references to Temple oranges from the orange standards for grade; and more closely align terminology in both grade standards with Florida and California citrus standards.

Contact

Olivia L. Banks at the address above, or by phone (540) 361-1120; fax (540) 361-1199; or, email olivia.banks@usda.gov

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