As used in this article, “serious damage” means any injury or defect that seriously detracts from the appearance or quality of the apple. The following defects are considered serious damage:
(a) Jonathan spot or visible bitter pit in any extent is considered serious damage. However, the defects are serious on Newtown Pippin or Bellefleur varieties only when more than 25 percent, by count, of apples in any container or bulk lot are affected by more than three spots each.
(b) Sunscald, sunburn, sunspots, and spray burn, if there is blistering or cracking of the skin, or the flesh is seriously discolored or injured.
(c) Hail marks or frost injury, when defects, singly or in combination, affect an aggregate area of more than one-tenth of the apple surface or seriously deform or disfigure the fruit.
(d) Internal browning that can be detected by external examination or pressure.
(e) Scab spots on any apple that in the aggregate exceed ½ inch in diameter.
(f) More than five well healed casebearer, codling moth, or aphid stings on an apple, any of which exceeds ⅛ inch in diameter excluding any encircling ring.
(g) Stinkbug injury that exceeds an aggregate area of 1 ½ inches in diameter on an individual apple.
(h) Jonathan freckle on any apple that in the aggregate exceeds ½ inch in diameter.
(i) San Jose and similar scales or marks scattered over more than 10 percent of the surface.
(j) Scald (including storage scald) that has begun to affect the flesh, or that is a solid brown (not tan) with a definite outline around the circumference of the damaged area. The defect must cover an aggregate area of more than 1 inch in diameter.
(k) Broken skin that is well healed but exceeds ½ inch in aggregate length. Broken skin that is unhealed according to Section 1400.25.
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l) Other diseases or defects that cause a waste of more than 10 percent of the surface area of the fruit.
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Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 42684, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 42941, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. New Sections 1390 and 1390.1 filed 1-9-68; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 68, No. 2).
2. Renumbering from Section 1390 filed 1-21-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 4).
3. Renumbering and amendment of Section 1400.30 to Section 1400.18 and renumbering and amendment of former Section 1400.18 to Section 1400.7 filed 6-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 23).
4. Amendment filed 2-22-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 8).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 3, § 1400.18, 3 CA ADC § 1400.18
