Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › HORTICULTURE-FEES-STANDARDS › Chapter 16-403 - Standards for apples marketed within the state of Washington › Section 16-403-220 - Marking requirements - Open or closed containers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Individual destination states or
				countries may have specific requirements for letter heights and placement of
				markings.
(2)All required markings
				must be displayed together on the principal display panel of the
				containers.
(3) All required
				markings must be a minimum of one-quarter inch in height for a principal
				display panel of one hundred to four hundred square inches. Markings on
				consumer-type packages must be at least one-quarter inch in height.
(4) Containers must have the following
				markings:
(a)The correct name of the variety
				or when more than one variety or commodity is in the container, each variety
				and commodity must be shown;
(b)The
				name and address of the grower, packer, or distributor;
(c)The grade;
(d) The net contents either in terms of dry
				measure or weight; and
(e) The
				numerical count or the minimum diameter of apples packed in a closed container.
				All open containers and consumer packages must bear a statement of net weight
				or volume. Over-wrapped consumer units may be marked with count, if all
				specimens can be counted.
(i) When containers
				are marked as to number of apples in the container, each container contains the
				correct number of apples designated by the markings.
(ii) When the numerical count is not shown,
				the minimum diameter or minimum weight of individual apples shall be plainly
				stamped, stenciled, or otherwise marked on the container in terms of whole
				inches, or whole inches and not less than eighth inch fractions thereof or in
				terms of whole grams.
(iii) The
				minimum weight of individual apples within the container may only be stated in
				combination with the minimum diameter as a declaration of size for Red
				Delicious and Golden Delicious. All other varieties and sizes may only have a
				minimum diameter or minimum weight designated.
(iv) When used in combination with minimum
				diameter as a size designation, the following minimum fruit weights shall be
				used:
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
2 1/8 in. and 65
grams
2 1/8 in. and 63
grams
2 1/4 in. and 75
grams
2 1/4 in. and 70
grams
2 3/8 in. and 84
grams
2 3/8 in. and 82
grams
2 1/2 in. and 100
grams
2 1/2 in. and 95
grams
2 5/8 in. and 115
grams
2 5/8 in. and 109
grams
2 3/4 in. and 139
grams
2 3/4 in. and 134
grams
(v)
				The word "minimum," or its abbreviation, when following a diameter size or
				weight size marking, means that the apples are of the size marked or
				larger.
(f) Apples which
				were produced outside of the state of Washington and which are graded, packed,
				or repacked in the state of Washington, shall be correctly labeled as to the
				state or country of origin, e.g., "Product of Oregon," "Grown in Oregon,"
				"Produced in Canada."
(g) Consumer
				type packages are not required to bear a statement as to origin when such
				marking has been placed on the master shipping container's principal display
				panel.