Basis of inspection and grade or compliance determination.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Inspection service shall be performed on the basis of the appropriate United States standards for grades of processed products, Federal, Military, Veterans Administration or other government agency specifications, written contract specifications, or any written specification or instruction which is approved by the Administrator. (b) Unless otherwise approved by the Administrator, compliance with such grade standards, specifications, or instructions shall be determined by evaluating the product, or sample, in accordance with the requirements of such standards, specifications or instructions: (1) Such sample complies with the applicable standards of quality promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (2) Such sample complies with the product description; (3) Such sample meets the indicated grade with respect to factors of quality which are not rated by score points; and (4) With respect to those factors of quality which are rated by score points, each of the following requirements is met: (i) None of the sample units falls more than one grade below the indicated grade because of any quality factor to which a limiting rule applies; (ii) None of the sample units falls more than 4 score points below the minimum total score for the indicated grade; (iii) The number of deviants does not exceed the applicable acceptance number indicated in the sampling plans contained in § 52.38 (“deviants”, as used in this paragraph, means sample units that fall into the next gra

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 52.13