---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.3199"
title: "7"
number: "51.3199"
heading: "Tolerances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.3199"
---

# §51.3199. Tolerances.


In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling in each of the foregoing grades the following tolerances, by weight, are provided as specified:

- (a) **For defects—**
  - (1) **U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 grades.** Not more than 10 percent of the onions in a lot may fail to meet the requirements of these grades, but not more than one-fifth of this tolerance, or 2 percent, may be allowed for onions which are affected by decay or wet sunscald.
  - (2) **U.S. Combination grade.** When applying the foregoing tolerances to this grade no part of any tolerance shall be allowed to reduce, for the lot as a whole, the 50 percent of onions of the U.S. No. 1 grade, but individual containers shall have not less than 40 percent of the U.S. No. 1 grade.
- (b) **For size—**
  - (1) Not more than 5 percent of the onions in a lot may be smaller than the minimum diameter specified. In addition, not more than 10 percent of the onions in a lot may be larger than the maximum diameter specified.
  - (2) When a percentage of the onions is specified to be a certain size and larger, individual packages containing more than 10 pounds may have not less than one-half of the percentage specified: Provided, that the entire lot averages within the percentage specified.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 46980, Sept. 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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