When one cubic inch or more of the edible flesh of a watermelon is yellow or tan in color, the watermelon so affected is considered as not in compliance with the defect provisions of Section 1442.1.

Compliance with this section of the California Administrative Code shall be determined by the examination of not less than 10 watermelons, selected at random from each load or lot. When the load or lot contains more than 10 tons of watermelons, and the original examinations of the 10 melons show one or more melons seriously damaged by said yellow or tan colored spots, an additional melon for each ton, or fraction thereof, more than the original 10 tons in the load or lot shall be selected and examined. For example: when a load is composed of 12 tons, and the first 10 melons cut contained one or more melons seriously damaged due to this cause, it is required that 2 additional watermelons be selected in the same manner as the first 10 melons, and be cut and the results of these additional cuts be combined with the others to complete the sample for this 12-ton load.

In determining serious damage due to said defects in the edible portion of a single melon, the melon shall be cut in half, from stem to blossom end. If no evidence of yellow or tan colored spots appears on either of the two cut surfaces, the melon shall be deemed to be in compliance without further cutting. If any evidence of yellow or tan colored spots appears on either of the cut surfaces, then each of the two halves shall be cut lengthwise, through the seed cavities, to determine the extent of the damage.