1 CRR-NY 189.5NY-CRR

OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
CHAPTER IV. MARKETS
SUBCHAPTER C. APPLES AND LETTUCE
PART 189. RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO LETTUCE
1 CRR-NY 189.5
1 CRR-NY 189.5
189.5 Packaging requirements.
(a) Heads of lettuce shall be fairly uniform in size and tightly but not excessively tightly packed in uniform layers in the containers according to approved and recognized methods.
(b) The standard size head for a two-dozen pack is that size head having four wrapper leaves, which will pack tightly but not excessively tightly three rows with four heads of uniform size in each row in a layer in a standard cardboard container. Heads having lesser or greater number of wrapper leaves which can be packed as specified herein are considered equivalent in size to a standard size head with four wrapper leaves.
(c) In order to allow for variations incident to proper packing, not more than a total of 10 percent of the containers in any lot may fail to meet the packaging requirements.
1 CRR-NY 189.5
Current through January 15, 2022
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