California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 3 - Economics › Chapter 1 - Fruit and Vegetable Standardization › Subchapter 4 - Fresh Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables › Article 22 - Citrus › Section 1430.12 - Citrus, Packing Requirements for Standard Containers NO. 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, or 69

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Oranges, grapefruit, lemons, tangerines, and mandarins
						which are in standard container numbers 58, 59, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, or 69 shall
						comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) Be packed so that they will not readily
					 move in the container.
(b) The
					 container shall not be overfilled. Overfill shall be determined by measuring
					 the combined height of the individually stacked or palletized containers,
					 exclusive of the top container or layer of containers. The total measurement
					 shall be the average of two corner measurements and shall not exceed the
					 combined inside depth of each container measured on one corner plus a variance
					 of 1 3/4 inches per container which includes allowances for construction of top
					 and bottom flaps, container manufacturing errors, and overfill.
Individual pallets of containers and individually stacked
						containers equivalent to the standard 42-container pallet shall be accepted or
						rejected on the basis of these requirements. Fruit in containers that fail
						these requirements shall be resized or placed in consumer containers or
						container 61.
(c) The count
					 of fruit in each container shall not be less than the count marked on the
					 container, but may exceed the count by not more than 8 percent.
(d) Tangerines or mandarins marked with the
					 size designation or numerical size need not comply with (c) above.
(e) All citrus may be placed loose in bin
					 number 61.
(f) The provisions of
					 (a) and (b) above shall not apply to containers 65, 66, 67 and 68.
1.
						Renumbering from section
						1423.36 filed 1-21-75; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 4).
2. Renumbering and
						amendment of former section
						1430.12 to section
						1430.3, and renumbering and
						amendment of former section
						1430.121 to section
						1430.12 filed 9-27-85; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 45). For prior history, see Register
						74, No. 36; 73, No. 25; and 73, No. 8.
3. Amendment of subsection
						(b) filed 6-6-88; operative 7-8-88 (Register 88, No. 25).
4.
						Amendment of subsection (d) filed 2-1-94; operative 2-1-94 (Register 94, No.
						5).
5. Amendment of section heading and first paragraph, new
						subsection (f) and amendment of NOTE filed 10-24-2002; operative 10-24-2002
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2002, No. 43).
6. Amendment of section heading, first
						paragraph and subsection (f) filed 9-30-2015; operative 9-30-2015 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2015, No. 40).
7. Amendment of section heading, first
						paragraph and subsection (d) filed 8-10-2018; operative 8-10-2018 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2018, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407
						  and
						  42682,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section
						  42941,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.