---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.886"
title: "7"
number: "51.886"
heading: "Tolerances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.886"
---

# §51.886. Tolerances.

- (a) No tolerances are provided in these standards for grapes which fail to meet the applicable maturity requirements other than the allowances specified in [§ 51.888](/cfr/7/51.888.md) or in the sampling and testing procedures of State maturity regulations.
- (b) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling in each of the foregoing grades except U.S. No. 1 Institutional, tolerances, by weight, other than for maturity, are provided as set forth in Tables I and II.
- (c) In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling in the U.S. No. 1 Institutional grade only, tolerances, by weight, other than for maturity, are provided as set forth in Tables Ia and IIa of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 9126, May 20, 1971. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, and amended at 52 FR 22437, June 12, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 15802, Apr. 18, 1991; 61 FR 11127, Mar. 19, 1996]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[36 FR 9126, May 20, 1971. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, and amended at 52 FR 22437, June 12, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 56 FR 15802, Apr. 18, 1991; 61 FR 11127, Mar. 19, 1996]