Florida Avocado Container Regulation 5.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) No handler shall handle any avocados for the fresh market from the production area to any point outside thereof in containers having a capacity of more than 4 pounds of avocados unless the containers meet the requirements specified in this section: (1) Containers shall not contain less than 33 pounds net weight of avocados, except that for avocados of unnamed varieties, which are avocados that have not been given varietal names, and for Booth 1, Fuchs, and Trapp varieties, such weight shall be not less than 31 pounds. Not more than 10 percent, by count, of the individual containers in any lot may fail to meet the applicable specified weight. No container in any lot may contain a net weight of avocados exceeding 2 pounds less than the specified net weight; or (2) Containers shall not contain less than 24 pounds net weight of avocados: (3) Containers shall not contain less than 12 pounds net weight of avocados: (4) Containers shall not contain less than 8.5 pounds net weight of avocados: (5) Such other types and sizes of containers as may be approved by the Avocado Administrative Committee, with (b) The limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply to master containers for individual packages of avocados: (c) No handler shall handle any avocados for the fresh market in 20-bushel plastic field bins to destinations inside the production area. (d) Avocados handled for the fresh market in containers other than those authorized under § 915.305(a) and shi

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 915.305