---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.2540"
title: "7"
number: "51.2540"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.2540"
---

# §51.2540. General.

- (a) Compliance with the provisions of these standards shall not excuse failure to comply with provisions of applicable Federal or State laws.
- (b) These standards are applicable to pistachio nuts in the shell which may be in a natural, dyed, raw, roasted, or salted state; or in any combination thereof. However, nuts of obviously dissimilar forms shall not be commingled.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 51 FR 27814, Aug. 4, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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