USA/1590
WTO/TBT
US United States of America
  • 03 - Services, Company organization, Management and quality, Administration, Transport, Sociology
  • 67 - Food technology
  • 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
2020-05-11
2020-03-12

Grapefruit and oranges; Oranges (HS 080510); Grapefruit (HS 080540); Quality (ICS 03.120), Fruits. Vegetables (ICS 67.080)

U.S. Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona), and U.S. Standards for Grades of Oranges (Texas and States Other Than Florida, California, and Arizona) (8 page(s), in English)

Proposed rule - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to revise 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 would 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.