---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1549"
title: "7"
number: "51.1549"
heading: "Skinning."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1549"
---

# §51.1549. Skinning.

- (a) The following definitions provide a basis for describing lots of potatoes as to the degree of skinning whenever description may be appropriate:
  - (1) “Practically no skinning” means that not more than 5 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-tenth of the skin missing or “feathered”;
  - (2) “Slightly skinned” means that not more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-fourth of the skin missing or “feathered”;
  - (3) “Moderately skinned” means that not more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-half of the skin missing or “feathered”; and
  - (4) “Badly skinned” means that more than 10 percent of the potatoes in the lot have more than one-half of the skin missing or “feathered”.

## 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.