(3) Bottom cuts or cuts-tips removed. With respect to green and green tipped types not more than 25 percent, and with respect to green tipped and white and white types not more than 50 percent, by count, of the units may be tough.

(d) (SStd) classification. Canned asparagus that fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section may be given a score of 0 to 27 points and shall not be graded above substandard, regardless of the total score for the product (this is a limiting rule).

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS

= § 52.2556 Definitions and explanations

of terms.

(a) Head. Head in cut spears means the tip end which has been cut from an asparagus shoot which is 5% inch or more in length with respect to the green type and which is % inch or more in length with respect to green tipped and white and white types, or the upper portion of a spear which possesses a substantial amount of head material which has been cut from near the tip end and which is approximately the same length as the other cut units.

(b) Unit. Unit means any individual portion of an asparagus shoot % inch or more in length in canned asparagus.

(c) Percent, by count, of heads. Percent, by count, of heads means the percent determined by averaging the percent, by count, of heads in all of the containers comprising the sample.

(d) Tough unit-(1) Spears, tips, and points. Tough unit means a unit which is not cut through in 5 seconds or less when tested by means of the fiberometer and which possesses fibrous material which is materially objectionable upon eating. When tested by means of the fiberometer the test is made at a point 1 inch from the cut end with respect to the green type and at a point 11⁄2 inches from the cut end with respect to the green tipped type, and at the midpoint of the unit with respect to the green tipped and white and white types.

(2) Cut spears, bottom cuts or cuts— tips removed, and mixed; containing cut spears and bottom cuts or cuts-tips removed. Tough unit means a unit which possesses fibrous material which is materially objectionable upon eating.

(e) Asparagus fiberometer. The cutting wire of the fiberometer shall be 0.031 in diameter stainless steel wire and

is mounted in a metal frame having an overall weight of 3 lb avoirdupois. The slots in the block supporting the asparagus unit to be tested shall be not less than 0.039 in nor more than 0.042 in in width.

LOT INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION § 52.2557 Ascertaining the grade of a lot.

The grade of a lot of canned asparagus covered by these standards is determined by the procedures set forth in the Regulations Governing Inspection and Certification of Processed Fruits and Vegetables, Processed Products Thereof, and Certain Other Processed Food Products (7 CFR 52.1 through 52.87).

identity for canned peaches (21 CFR 27.2 and 27.6) issued pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. For the purposes of the standards in this subpart, and unless the text indicates otherwise the terms "canned peaches" or "canned clingstone peaches" include "canned yellow clingstone peaches," "canned spiced yellow clingstone peaches" and "canned artificially sweetened yellow clingstone peaches" as defined in the aforesaid standards of identity, and canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches.

(b) Canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches. For the purposes of the standards in this subpart, canned peaches when referred to as "canned 'solid-pack' clingstone peaches" or "solid-pack peaches" means prepared peaches of the yellow clingstone varietal group packed without a liquid packing medium, with or without a dry nutritive sweetening ingredient added, and sufficiently processed by heat to assure preservation of the product in hermetically sealed containers. "Solid-pack" peaches to which a sweetening ingredient has not been added are considered "unsweetened"; "solid-pack" peaches to which a dry nutritive sweetening ingredient has been added are considered "sweetened."

$ 52.2562 Styles.

(a) "Halves" or "Halved" canned peaches are peeled and pitted peaches, cut approximately in half along the suture from stem to apex.

(b) "Quarters" or "Quartered" canned peaches are halved peaches cut into two approximately equal parts.

(c) "Slices" or "Sliced" canned peaches are peeled and pitted peaches cut into sectors smaller than quarters.

(d) "Dice" or "Diced" caned peaches are peeled and pitted peaches cut into approximate cubes.

(e) "Whole" canned peaches are peeled, unpitted, whole peaches with or without stems removed.

(f) "Mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes" are peeled, pitted, and cut units of canned peaches that are predominantly irregular in size and shape which do not conform to a single style of halves, quarters, slices, or dice and which may consist of:

(1) Units (commonly called "salad cuts" or "salad pieces") which may have been prepared originally as peach halves out which are irregular in size and shape

(a) "U.S. Grade A" or "U.S. Fancy" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced, or whole canned clingstone peaches that possess similar varietal characteristics, that possess a normal flavor and odor, that possess a good color, that are practically uniform in size and symmetry, that are practically free from defects, that possess a good character, and that for those factors which are scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart the total score is not less than 90 points: Provided, That halves, quarters, slices, diced, or whole canned clingstone peaches may possess a reasonably good color, may be reasonably uniform in size and symmetry, and may possess a reasonably good character, if the total score is not less than 90 points.

(b) "U.S. Grade B" or "U.S. Choice" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced, whole, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned clingstone peaches that possess similar varietal characteristics; that possess a normal flavor and odor, that possess a reasonably good color; that are reasonably uniform in size and symmetry for the applicable style, that are reasonably free from defects, that possess a reasonably good character, and that for those factors which are scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart the total score is not less than 80 points: Provided, That halves, quarters, slices, diced, or whole canned clingstone peaches may be fairly uniform in size and symmetry if the total score is not less than 80 points.

(c) "U.S. Grade C" or "U.S. Standard" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced, whole, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned clingstone peaches that possess similar varietal characteristics; that possess a

normal flavor and odor, that possess a fairly good color, that are fairly uniform in size and symmetry for the applicable style, that are fairly free from defects, that possess a fairly good character, and that for those factors which are scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart the total score is not less than 70 points.

(d) "U.S. Grade D" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced, whole, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned clingstone peaches that may possess dissimilar varietal characteristics; that possess a normal flavor and odor, that possess a fairly good color, that may vary in size and symmetry for the applicable style; that are fairly free from defects except for crushed and broken units in the styles of halves, quarters, or whole style; that possess a noticeable variability in character, and that for those factors which are scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart the total score is not less than 60 points. Canned clingstone peaches of this grade may or may not meet the minimum standard of quality for canned peaches issued pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(e) "Substandard" is the quality of canned clingstone peaches that fail to meet the applicable requirements of U.S. Grade C or U.S. Standard or of U.S. Grade D and is the quality of canned clingstone peaches that may or may not meet the minimum standard of quality for canned peaches issued pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

§ 52.2564 Grades of canned "solidpack" clingstone peaches.

(a) "U.S. Grade C Solid-Pack" or "U.S. Standard Solid-Pak" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches that possess a normal flavor and odor; that possess a fairly good color; that are fairly free from defects for canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches; that possess a fairly good character for canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches; and that for those factors which are scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart the total score is not less than 70 points.

(b) "Substandard Solid-Pack" is the quality of halves, quarters, slices, diced,

The standard of fill of container for canned clingstone peaches is the maximum quantity of the peach units which can be sealed in the container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage, without crushing or breaking such ingredient. Canned clingstone peaches that do not meet this requirement are "Below Standard in Fill".

§ 52.2567 Recommended fill of container for canned “solid-pack” clingstone peaches.

The recommended fill of container for canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches is not incorporated in the grades of the finished product since fill of container, as such, is not a factor of quality for the purposes of these grades. It is recommended that each container of "solidpack" clingstone peaches be as full of peaches as practicable without impairment of quality and that the product (including liquid, if any) occupy not less than 90 percent of the volume of the container.