Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 1446.9

Current through Register 2025 Notice Reg. No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section 1446.9 - Nectarines, Size Variation and Tolerance, and Size Description Requirements

(a) Packed nectarines shall not vary in size between the fruits in any container more than 3/8 inch in diameter when measured through the widest portion of the cross section of the fruit.

(b) Size variation shall not exceed 5 percent, by count, in any container.

(c) Nectarines in volume-filled nonconsumer containers marked with one of the size descriptions established below in Column A shall comply with the corresponding requirement in Column B:

*Column A Size Description*	*Column B Maximum Number of Fruit in a 16 lb Sample*
118	112
112	105
108	100
96	90
88	84
84	78
80	75
72	68
70	63
64	57
60	53
56	48
54	45
50	42
48	41
44	36
42	34
40	32
36	29
34	27
32	25
30	23

For sizes smaller than 118 size, the maximum number of nectarines in a 16-pound sample shall be equal to the number of nectarines that would be packed in the corresponding tray-pack size. For example, a 130 tray-pack size would have a maximum of 130 nectarines in a 16-pound sample.

(d) Peento type nectarines in volume-filled nonconsumer containers marked with one of the size descriptions established below in Column A shall comply with the corresponding requirement in Column B:

*Column A Size Description*	*Column B Maximum Number of Fruit in a 16 lb Sample*
80	140
72	128
70	111
64	99
60	93
56	87
54	80
50	77
48	74
44	70
42	68
40	59
36	53
34	50
32	39
30	32

For sizes smaller than 80, no weight/count has been assigned, and are exempt from this Section.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 1446.9

1. Renumbering from Section 1443.4 filed 1-21-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 4).
2. Amendment filed 5-4-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 18).
3. Amendment of section heading and new subsection (c) filed 7-14-2000; operative 8-13-2000 (Register 2000, No. 28).
4. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 4-15-2005; operative 4-15-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 15).
5. New subsection (d) filed 3-27-2007; operative 4-26-2007 (Register 2007, No. 13).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 42682, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 42941, Food and Agricultural Code.