score of 0 to 20 points and shall not be graded above U.S. Grade D, regardless of the total score for the product (this is a limiting rule).

(f) "SStd" classification. Canned clingstone peaches of any style that fail to meet the applicable requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this section may be given a score of 0 to 20 points and shall not be graded above Substandard, regardless of the total score for the product (this is a limiting rule). Halves, quarters, slices, dice, whole, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned clingstone peaches that are “not tender" are also "Below Standard in Quality-Not Tender."

(g) “C-SP" classification. Halves, quarters, slices, dice, or mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes of canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches that possess a fairly good character for canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches may be given a score of 21 to 23 points. Canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches that fall into this classification shall not be graded above U.S. Grade C Solid-Pack regardless of the total score for the product (this is a limiting rule). "Fairly good character for canned 'solid-pack' clingstone peaches" means the product generally possesses a texture of properly prepared and properly processed "solidpack" clingstone peaches which may be variable in tenderness, may be soft, or may consist of fairly firm units.

(h) "SStd-SP" classification. Halves, quarters, slices, dice, or mixed pieces of irregular size and shapes of canned "solid-pack" clingstone peaches that fail to meet the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section may be given a score of 0 to 20 points and shall not be graded above Substandard Solid-Pack, regardless of the total score for the product (this is a limiting rule).

[50 FR 26971, July 1, 1985]

§ 52.2576 Ascertaining the grade of a lot.

The grade of a lot of canned clingstone peaches 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 to 52.83).

[50 FR 26972, July 1, 1985]

Subpart-United States Standards for Grades of Canned Freestone Peaches

SOURCE: 44 FR 36364, June 22, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, STYLES, AND GRADES

§ 52.2601 Product description.

Canned freestone peaches is the product represented as defined in the Standards of Identity for canned peaches (21 CFR 145.170 and 145.171) issued under 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 freestone peaches" include "canned yellow freestone peaches," "canned spiced yellow freestone peaches," "canned 'solidpack' yellow freestone peaches" and "canned artificially sweetened yellow freestone peaches" as defined in the Standards of Identity.

§ 52.2602 Styles.

(a) "Whole" consists of peeled, whole peaches with or without stems removed.

(b) "Halves" or "Halved" consists of peeled and pitted peaches cut approximately in half along the suture from stem to apex.

(c) "Quarters” or “Quartered" consists of halved peaches cut into two approximately equal parts.

(d) "Slices" or "Sliced" consists of peeled and pitted peaches cut into wedge-shaped sectors.

(e) "Dice" or "Diced" consists of peeled and pitted peaches cut into cube-like parts.

(f) "Halves and pieces" consists of peeled and pitted peaches in which more than 50 percent, by weight, of the peaches are halves.

(g) "Pieces," "Irregular pieces," or "Mixed pieces of irregular sizes and shapes," consists of peeled, pitted peaches of irregular sizes and shapes or

peaches that do not conform to any of the foregoing styles.

52.2603 Definitions of terms.

(a) Acceptable Quality Level (AQL). The maximum percent of defective units or the maximum number of defects per hundred units of product that, for the purpose of acceptance sampling, can be considered satisfactory as a process average.

(b) Blemished means any unit that is affected by scab, hail injury, or discoloration to the extent that the appearance or eating quality is affected: (1) Slightly;

(2) Materially; (3) Seriously.

(c) Brightness means the extent that the overall appearance of the sample unit as a mass is dulled by oxidation, pigmentation, or other causes.

(1) Grades A and B-slightly affected. (2) Grade C—materially affected. (3) Substandard-fails Grade C. (d) Character refers to the texture and tenderness of the product as follows:

(1) Good character-(i) Whole. The units have a texture typical of properly prepared and processed peaches; the units are at least reasonably tender or the tenderness may be variable within the unit; the units may be slightly hard or slightly soft.

(ii) Halves; halves and pieces; quarters; slices; pieces or irregular pieces. The units have at least a reasonably tender texture typical of properly prepared and processed freestone peaches and may be soft and materially frayed. The peach halves may have a tendency to flatten.

(iii) Diced. The product generally has at least a reasonably tender texture typical of properly prepared and processed peaches; the units are intact and not excessively frayed.

(2) Fairly good character-(i) Whole. The units have a fairly tender texture typical of properly prepared and processed peaches; the units may be lacking in uniformity of tenderness and may be substantially hard or very soft. (ii) Halves; halves and pieces; quarters; slices; pieces or irregular pieces. The units have at least a fairly tender texture typical of properly prepared and processed freestone peaches and may lack uniformity of tenderness. The

units may be very soft but not frayed to the extent that their normal shape is destroyed; the units may also be substantially firm.

(iii) Diced. The product generally has a fairly tender texture typical of properly prepared and processed peaches. The units are intact and may be frayed.

(3) Poor character-All styles. The units fail the requirements for fairly good character.

(e) Color (1) General. The color of canned yellow freestone peaches, other than canned "spiced" peaches, refers to the predominant and characteristic color on the surface of whole units, and the outside surfaces of other units. The cut surfaces of such units are also considered when adversely affected by discoloration.

(2) Individual unit color classifications (1) Good color means peach units that are equal to or better than light orangish-yellow.

(ii) Fairly good color means peach units that fail to meet minimum color requirements for "good color" but are equal to or better than greenish-yellow.

(iii) Poor color means peach units that fail to meet minimum color requirements for "fairly good color."

(f) Crushed or broken in the styles of whole, halves, and quarters means:

(1) A unit is "crushed" if it has definitely lost its normal shape and is crushed not due to ripeness;

(2) A unit is "broken" if severed into definite parts. Any unit in halves style that is split from the edge to the pit cavity is not considered broken.

(g) Defect. Any nonconformance of a unit(s) of product from a specified requirement of a single quality characteristic.

(h) Extraneous vegetable material-(1) Small pieces mean long stems, pieces of twigs not more than 51 mm (2.0 in.) in length, or leaf material or portions thereof.

(2) Short stem means the woody stem that attaches the peach to the twig of the tree and is 3 mm (0.12 in.) to 10 mm (0.39 in.) in length. Dark brown stems less than 3 mm (0.12 in.) in length are also considered as short stems.

(1) Flavor and odor. “Normal flavor and odor" means that the canned peaches

are free from objectionable flavors and odors of any kind.

(j) Mechanical damage (1) Partial slice, in the style of slices, is a unit that has a semblance of a slice with respect to thickness and shape but is less than three-fourths of an apparent full slice and that does not bear marks of crushing. Pieces are reassembled to equal an average full size slice and counted as one unit.

(2) Detached piece, in the style of halves and quarters, is a piece that has the appearance of a slice resulting from an off-suture cut or other improper cutting.

(3) Gouges mean holes or gouges that do not destroy the normal configuration of the unit but affect the appearance of the unit:

(i) Slightly; (ii) Materially; (iii) Seriously.

(4) Off-suture cut, in the styles of halves and quarters, is a unit that has been cut at a distance from the suture greater than 10 mm (0.39 in.) at the widest measurement and the appearance is affected:

(i) Slightly; (ii) Materially; (iii) Seriously.

(5) Partially detached piece, in the styles of halves and quarters, is a piece that has the appearance of a slice resulting from an off-suture cut or other improper cutting. The defect is attached to the half or quarter from which cut, but must be detached more than one-third of the length of the half or quarter along the suture approximately parallel with the suture.

(6) Other mechanical damage means a unit, in the styles of whole, halves and quarters, that is damaged to the extent that the shape of the unit is affected: (i) Slightly;

(ii) Materially;

(iii) Seriously.

(k) Peel means all of the outer layer of the peach that is normally removed during processing.

(1) Sample unit size means the amount of product specified to be used for inspection. It may be:

(1) The entire contents of a container;

(2) A portion of the contents of a container;

(3) A combination of the contents of 2 or more containers;

(4) A portion of unpacked product. (m) Shelly, in the styles of halves, quarters, and slices, means a unit in which the pit cavity has been trimmed to such an extent as to leave the unit only fairly fleshy.

(n) Slab, in the style of slices, means an irregularly shaped unit resulting from the slicing operation that materially deviates from the normal shape of a wedge-shaped sector.

(0) Sliver, in the style of slices, means any unit that weighs 3 g. (0.12 oz.) or less and has the symmetry of a full slice.

(p) Unit means one whole, half, quarter, slice, dice, or piece of peach as applicable for the style.

$52.2604 Recommended sample unit sizes.

Compliance with requirements for factors of quality is based on the following sample unit sizes for the respective style.

(a) Halves; Quarters-25 units.

(b) Whole-25 units.

(c) Slices-50 units or 100 units. (d) Diced-200 g (7 oz).

(e) Halves and pieces; Pieces or irregular pieces-1000 g (35.3 oz).

§ 52.2605 Liquid media and Brix meas

urements.

"Cut-out" requirements for liquid media in canned freestone peaches are not incorporated in the grades of the finished product since sirup or any other liquid medium is not a factor of quality for the purposes of these grades. The "cut-out" Brix measurements for the respective designations are as follows:

Designations and Brix measurements "Extra heavy sirup;" or "Extra heavily sweetened fruit juice(s) and water;" or "Extra heavily sweetened fruit juice(s).”22° or more but not more than 35°. "Heavy sirup;" or "Heavily sweetened fruit juice(s) and water;" or "Heavily sweetened fruit juice(s)."-18° or more but less than 22°.

"Light sirup;" or "Lightly sweetened fruit juice(s) and water;" or "Lightly sweetened fruit juices(s)."-14° or more but less than 18°. "Slightly sweetened water;" or "Extra light sirup;" or "Slightly sweetened fruit

Container size

(metal, unless other

wise stated)

styles) (ounces)

sweetened (all styles) (ounces)

Standards for Determination of Fill

Weights.

(c) Definitions of terms and symbols. "Subgroup" means a group of sample units representing a portion of a sample.

X'min means the minimum lot average fill weight.

LWLx means the lower warning limit for subgroup averages.

LRL means the lower reject limit for subgroup averages.

LWL means the lower warning limit for individual fill weight measurements.

LRL means the lower reject limit for individual fill weight measurements. R' means a specified average range value.

Rmax means a specified maximum range for a subgroup.

"Sampling allowance code" means a code letter on the sampling allowance chart of the U.S. Standards for Inspection by Variables. This letter identifies the line which gives the amount of sampling allowance to be applied to the specification average for fill weights in order to determine compliance with requirements for fill weight averages for a sample.

(d) Subgroup size. The subgroup size for determination of fill weights shall be five (5) sample units.

(e) Compliance with recommended fill weights. Compliance with the recommended fill weights shall be in accordance with the acceptance criteria specified in the U.S. Standards for Inspection by Variables and the U.S. Standards for Determination of Fill Weights.