---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1177"
title: "7"
number: "51.1177"
heading: "U.S. Grade A Juice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1177"
---

# §51.1177. U.S. Grade A Juice.


Any lot of oranges, the juice content of which meets the following requirements, may be designated “U.S. Grade A Juice”:

- (a) Each lot of fruit shall contain an average of not less than 4 1/2 gallons (17.0 liters) of juice per standard packed box of 1 3/5 bushels.
- (b) The average juice content for any lot of fruit shall have not less than 9 percent total soluble solids, and not less than one-half of 1 percent anhydrous citric acid, or more than the permissible maximum acid specified in Table II of [§ 51.1178](/cfr/7/51.1178.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 20708, May 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.