---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1547"
title: "7"
number: "51.1547"
heading: "Application of tolerances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1547"
---

# §51.1547. Application of tolerances.


Individual samples shall have not more than double the tolerances specified, except that at least one defective and one off-size potato may be permitted in any sample: Provided, That en route or at destination one-tenth of the samples may contain three times the tolerance permitted for potatoes which are frozen or affected by soft rot or wet breakdown: And provided further, That the averages for the entire lot are within the tolerances specified for the grade.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 35 FR 18258, Dec. 1, 1970, 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.