Texas Agriculture Code

§ 91.121 — GRADING CHARACTERISTICS

AG § 91.121Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Ch. 91. GENERAL GRADES AND PACKS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES · Art. H. IRISH POTATO GRADES

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(a)A potato is practically free from a named injury to the appearance if the injury is not readily apparent on casual examination and if damaged areas can be pared without appreciable waste in excess of that which occurs with perfect potatoes. Loss of the outer skin only is not an injury to appearance.

(b)The diameter of a potato is the greatest dimension at right angles to the longitudinal axis.

(c)A potato is free from serious damage if the appearance of the potato is not damaged from a named injury over more than 20 percent of the surface and if the damage can be removed by paring with waste of not more than 10 percent by weight in excess of that which occurs with perfect potatoes.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1227, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.