01-001 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
- DIVISION OF MARKETS
SUMMARY: Apples packed in a closed package or container or sold at retail in bulk or in an open package or container shall be deemed to be adulterated if their measure, quality, grade or purity do not conform in each particular to the claims made upon the affixed guaranty, and shall be deemed to be misbranded.
1. Standards for Grades Established
- 7 M.R.S.A. §533 states that "the grades for apples recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and recognized in the central markets of the country as government grades and such other grades or standards as may be promulgated by the commissioner under sections 441 to 447, are made the official state grades for apples of the State presented for intrastate or interstate shipment. All containers as presented for shipment whether by truck, train or boat shall have written, stamped or attached thereon the provisions required in section 534." The commissioner hereby incorporates by reference as the standards for grading of Maine apples the U. S. Standards for Grades of Apples of the U.S.D.A. Agricultural Marketing Service, effective September 1, 1964, as amended October 1, 1966, July 25, 1972, and March 25, 1976.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 MRSA §533
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Prior to 1954
RE-ADOPTED:
August 22, 1979
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 4, 1996
CONVERTED TO MS WORD:
May 13, 2008
CORRECTIONS:
February, 2014 – agency names, formatting
CONVERTED DOCUMENT TO AN UPDATED VERSION OF WORD:
April 21, 2026
APAO ACCESSIBILITY CHECK (Word):
April 21, 2026