---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1306"
title: "7"
number: "51.1306"
heading: "Tolerances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1306"
---

# §51.1306. Tolerances.

- (a) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, not more than a total of 10 percent of the pears in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of grade: Provided, That not more than 5 percent shall be seriously damaged by insects, and not more than 1 percent shall be allowed for decay or internal breakdown.
- (b) When applying the foregoing tolerances to the combination grade no part of any tolerance shall be used to reduce the percentage of U. S. No. 1 pears required in the combination, but individual containers may have not more than 10 percent less than the percentage of U.S. No. 1 required: Provided, That the entire lot averages within the percentage specified.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 20 FR 5752, Aug. 10, 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.