[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR51.1222]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 51_FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCTS \1,2\ (INSPECTION, 
CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart_United States Standards for Peaches
 
Sec. 51.1222  Serious damage.

    Serious damage means any injury or defect which seriously affects 
the appearance, or the edible or shipping quality of the peach. Any one 
of the following defects, or any combination thereof, the seriousness of 
which exceeds the maximum allowed for any one defect, shall be 
considered as serious damage:
    (a) Bacterial spot, when any cracks are not well healed, or when 
aggregating more than \3/4\ inch in diameter;
    (b) Scab spots, when cracked, or when healed and aggregating more 
than one inch in diameter;
    (c) Scale, when aggregating more than \1/2\ inch in diameter;
    (d) Growth cracks, when unhealed, or more than \1/2\ inch in length;
    (e) Hail injury, when unhealed, or shallow hail injury when 
aggregating more than \3/4\ inch in diameter, or deep hail injury which 
seriously deforms the fruit or which aggregates more than \1/2\ inch in 
diameter;
    (f) Leaf or limb rubs, when smooth and light colored and aggregating 
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than 1\1/2\ inches in diameter, or dark or slightly rough and barklike 
scars aggregating more than \3/4\ inch in diameter;
    (g) Split pit, when causing any unhealed crack, or when healed and 
aggregating more than \1/2\ inch in length including any part of the 
crack which may be covered by the stem;
    (h) Soft or overripe peaches;
    (i) Wormy fruit or worm holes.