Section 29.01.01.103 - BRANDING, AND GRADE AND PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS OF STATE BRAND01.Branding or Marking of Individual IDAHO® Potatoes.a. Idaho® potatoes are considered to be branded when they are individually marked or identified as such. The methods of branding shall include: marking of individual potatoes by ink, heat, light, labeling, stickering, or puncturing and such other methods as may from time to time be authorized by the Idaho Potato Commission.b. The certification mark "Idaho®" shall be one (1) inch in length and one-quarter (1/4) inch in height unless prior Idaho Potato Commission written approval is secured and granted for any variance.c. The purchase or the leasing or use of branding machines shall be entirely voluntary.d. There are no limitations on the size and type of containers in which branded potatoes may be packed as long as they meet the licensing requirements of Section 102.e. Grade for branding shall be U.S. No. 1 or better (as defined in the U.S. Standards effective March 27, 1991) and not less than two (2) inches in diameter or four (4) ounces in weight.f. Only Certification Marks owned or administered by the Idaho Potato Commission may be branded on potatoes grown in Idaho unless prior Idaho Potato Commission approval in writing is secured and granted for the use of additional words or designs.g. The operation of branding the word "Idaho®" upon potatoes may be carried on only by licensees of the Idaho Potato Commission, and only upon such terms and conditions that will ensure that only Idaho grown potatoes are branded as such.h. All varieties of potatoes grown in Idaho may be so branded.i. No person, firm, or corporation may brand the word "Idaho®" on potatoes or sell machinery for the purpose of branding potatoes with any of the Idaho certification marks unless granted the right to do so by written agreement with the Idaho Potato Commission.j. Branded potatoes must use Idaho specific, approved produce code identification numbers, where the same have been obtained and approved.k. On all branded potatoes using a standard size sticker, the Certification Mark "Idaho® Potatoes" shall be printed in eight (8) point type and the Certification Mark "Grown in Idaho®" shall be printed with a minimum height of eight point one hundred twenty-nine (8.129) mm and minimum width of five point thirty-seven (5.37) mm.02.State Brand Grade and Packaging Requirements. Idaho® potatoes shall meet all requirements of U.S. Extra No. 1 as defined in the U.S. Standards for Grades of Potatoes, March 27, 1991, with the following additions or exceptions: b. Fairly well shaped. Defined as excluding the lower limits of such classification.c. Appearance as related to russeting where at least seventy five percent (75%) of the surface of the individual potato is moderately netted which means the netting will be solid net-like in appearance.d. Size is two and one eighth (2-1/8) inches in diameter and four (4) ounces minimum, eleven (11) ounces maximum. Each lot shall meet the specifications of Size A as defined in 51.1545, Table I(2) of the Standards.e. Tolerances for grade defects are defined in 51.1546(a)(2), for U.S. No. 1.f. All other tolerances and definitions of the Standards apply.03.Packaging.a. Container Requirement: Maximum size not to exceed twenty (20) pounds.b. Miscellaneous Requirements: Use of the state brand packaging is entirely voluntary. Potatoes grown and packed in Idaho may be packed in state branded containers. All varieties of potatoes grown in Idaho may be packed in state branded containers. The Commission shall require a written agreement between the Idaho Potato Commission and Idaho packers for the use of the state brand. All state branded containers shall be Federal-State inspected.c. The grade used in state brand containers shall be as defined in Subsection 103.03 and "Idaho State Code 22-908" and "Federal-State Inspected" shall be printed in three-eights (3/8) inch or larger letters, on front of each container.d. If individually branded Idaho® potatoes are packaged in state brand packaging they must meet grade requirements as defined in Subsection 103.03.Idaho Admin. Code r. 29.01.01.103