Designation for the South Carolina Area

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-20-0010
Effective Date: January 1, 2020 

Summary

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the designations of D.R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal) and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.

Contact

Jacob Thein, (816) 866-2223 or FGISQACD@usda.gov.

Florida Avocado Grades and Standards

Grades of Florida Avocado

  1. U.S. No. 1 consists of avocados of similar varietal characteristics which are mature but not overripe, well formed, clean, well colored, well trimmed and which are free from decay, anthracnose, and freezing injury and are free from damage caused by bruises, cuts or other skin breaks, pulled stems, russeting or similar discoloration, scars or scab, sunburn, sunscald or sprayburn, cercospora spot, other disease, insects, or mechanical or other means.
    1. Tolerances.
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