---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1270"
title: "7"
number: "51.1270"
heading: "Packing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1270"
---

# §51.1270. Packing.

- (a) Each package shall be packed so that the pears in the shown face shall be reasonably representative in size and quality of the contents of the package.
- (b) Pears packed in any container shall be tightly packed. All packages shall be well filled but the contents shall not show excessive or unnecessary bruising because of overfilled packages.
- (c) Pears packed in boxes shall be arranged in containers according to the approved and recognized methods with the pears packed lengthwise. A bridge shall not be allowed in any standard pack. When wrapped, each pear shall be fairly well enclosed by its individual wrapper.
- (d) Pears packed in round stave bushel baskets, tubs or in barrels shall be ring faced.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 20 FR 5620, Aug. 5, 1955, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.

### Authority

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