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LOT ACCEPTANCE

METHODS OF ANALYSES

Sec. 52.6213

Methods of analyses. LOT COMPLIANCE

Sec. 52.6092 Lot acceptance for drained weights. 52.6093 Lot acceptance for quality.

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52.6214 Ascertaining the grade of a lot. SCORE SHEET

52.6215 Score sheet for canned peas and carrots.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 52 issued under secs. 202-208, 60 Stat. 1087, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

Subpart-Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification

SOURCE: §§ 52.1 to 52.87 appear at 22 F.R. 8535, May 22, 1957, unless otherwise noted. § 52.1 Administration of regulations.

The Administrator, Consumer and Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture is charged with the administration of the regulations in this part except that he may delegate any or all of such functions to any offcer or employee of the Consumer and Marketing Service of the Department, in his discretion.

DEFINITIONS

§ 52.2 Terms defined.

Words in the regulations in this part in the singular form shall be deemed to import the plural and vice versa, as the case may demand. For the purposes of the regulations in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Acceptance number. "Acceptance number" means the number in a sampling plan that indicates the maximum number of deviants permitted in a sample of a lot that meets a specific requirement.

Act. "Act" means the applicable provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1087 et seq., as amended; 7 U. S. C. 1621 et seq.), or any other act of Congress conferring like authority. Administrator. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Consumer and Marketing Service.

Applicant. "Applicant" means any interested party who requests inspection service under the regulations in this part.

Case. "Case" means the number of containers (cased or uncased) which, by the particular industry are ordinarily packed in a shipping container.

Certificate of loading. “Certificate of loading" means a statement, either written or printed, issued pursuant to the regulations in this part, relative to checkloading of a processed product subsequent to inspection thereof.

Certificate of sampling. “Certificate of sampling" means a statement, either written or printed issued pursuant to the regulations in this part, identifying officially drawn samples and may include a description of condition of containers and the condition under which the processed product is stored.

Class. "Class" means a grade or rank of quality.

Condition. "Condition" means the degree of soundness of the product which may affect its merchantability and includes, but is not limited to those factors which are subject to change as a result of age, improper preparation and processing, improper packaging, improper storage or improper handling.

Department. "Department" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

Deviant. "Deviant" means a sample unit affected by one or more deviations or a sample unit that varies in a specifically defined manner from the requirements of a standard, specification, or other inspection document.

Deviation. "Deviation" means any specifically defined variation from a particular requirement.

Inspection certificate. "Inspection certificate" means a statement, either written or printed, issued pursuant to the regulations in this part, setting forth in addition to appropriate descriptive information relative to a processed product, and the container thereof, the quality and condition, or any part thereof, of the product and may include a description of the conditions under which the product is stored.

Inspection service. "Inspection service" means:

(a) The sampling pursuant to the regulations in this part;

(b) The determination pursuant to the regulations in this part of:

(1) Essential characteristics such as style, type, size, sirup density or identity of any processed product which differentiates between major groups of the same kind;

(2) The class, quality and condition of any processed product, including the condition of the container thereof by the examination of appropriate samples:

(c) The issuance of any certificate of sampling, inspection certificates, or certificates of loading of a processed product, or any report relative to any of the foregoing; or

(d) Performance by an inspector of any related services such as assigning an inspector in a processing plant to observe the preparation of the product from its raw state through each step in the entire process, or observe conditions under which the product is being prepared, processed, and packed, or observe plant sanitation as a prerequisite to the inspection of the processed product, either on a continuous or periodic basis, or checkload the inspected processed product in connection with the marketing of the processed product.

Inspector. "Inspector" means any employee of the Department authorized by the Secretary or any other person licensed by the Secretary to investigate, sample, inspect, and certify in accordance with the regulations in this part to any interested party the class, quality and condition of processed products covered in this part and to perform related duties in connection with the inspection service.

Inspector in Charge. "Inspector in Charge" means any inspector designated in a plant or field office laboratory as the inspector in charge of the inspection work when authorized by the Administrator to act in that capacity.

Interested party. "Interested party" means any person who has a financial interest in the commodity involved.

Licensed sampler. “Licensed sampler" means any person who is authorized by the Secretary to draw samples of processed products for inspection service, to inspect for identification and condition of containers in a lot, and may, when authorized by the Administrator, perform related services under the act and the regulations in this part.

Lot. "Lot" means any number of containers of the same size and type which contain a processed product of the same type and style located in the same warehouse or conveyance, or which, under inplant (in-process) inspection, results

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