To allow for variations in size incident to proper grading and handling, the following tolerances, by count, are established for off-size grade sweet cherries:
- (1) No more than ten percent of the cherries in any inspection lot must measure less than 54/64 inches in diameter.
- (2) Ten percent for cherries that fail to meet any specified maximum diameter when that maximum diameter is marked on the container or specified in terms of fractions of inches.
- (3) When containers are marked with row count/row size or a lot is specified by row count/row size, no more than ten percent of the cherries in any inspection lot may fail to meet the corresponding diameter size listed in the table in WAC 16-414-011(3).
- (4) When containers are marked with a "minimum diameter," no more than five percent of the cherries in the container may fail to meet the corresponding diameter.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.17 and 34.05 RCW. WSR 07-12-076, § 16-414-014, filed 6/5/07, effective 7/6/07; WSR 05-12-037, § 16-414-014, filed 5/25/05, effective 6/25/05.]