---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.690"
title: "7"
number: "51.690"
heading: "Application of tolerances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.690"
---

# §51.690. Application of tolerances.


Individual samples are subject to the following limitations, unless otherwise specified in [§ 51.689](/cfr/7/51.689.md). Individual samples shall have not more than one and one-half times a specified tolerance of 10 percent or more, and not more than double a specified tolerance of less than 10 percent: Provided, That at least one decayed may be permitted in any sample: And provided further, That the averages for the entire lot are within the tolerances specified for the grade.


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 68427, Oct. 29, 2020]

### Source

Source: 34 FR 13909, Aug. 30, 1969; 34 FR 14325, Sept. 12, 1969, 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.

### Amendments

[85 FR 68427, Oct. 29, 2020]