§ 20. — Apples in interstate commerce; standard grades.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 21USC20]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 1--ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED FOODS OR DRUGS
SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 20. Apples in interstate commerce; standard grades
The standard grades for apples when packed in barrels which shall be
shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or
which shall be sold or offered for sale within the District of Columbia
or the Territories of the United States shall be as follows: Apples of
one variety, which are well-grown specimens, hand picked, of good color
for the variety, normal shape, practically free from insect and fungous
injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are necessarily
caused in the operation of packing, or apples of one variety which are
not more than 10 per centum below the foregoing specifications shall be
``Standard grade minimum size two and one-half inches'', if the minimum
size of the apples is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter;
``Standard grade minimum size two and one-fourth inches'', if the
minimum size of the apples is two and one-fourth inches in transverse
diameter; or ``Standard grade minimum size two inches'', if the minimum
size of the apples is two inches in transverse diameter.
(Aug. 3, 1912, ch. 273, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 250.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 21, 22, 23 of this title.
