2005 Idaho Code - 22-903 — IDAHO STANDARD

                                  TITLE  22
                         AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
                                  CHAPTER 9
                       POTATOES -- GRADING AND PACKING
    22-903.  IDAHO STANDARD. Idaho Standard potatoes shall consist of potatoes
of one (1) variety or similar varietal characteristics, the minimum size of
which shall be two (2) inches in diameter, or four (4) ounces in weight,
except as hereinafter provided for, and not less than forty percent (40%) of
the potatoes in the lot shall be six (6) ounces or larger, and which are free
from freezing, injury, blackheart, soft rot or wet breakdown and from serious
damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, sunburn, second growth, growth
cracks, air cracks, internal disorders, cuts (potatoes with clipped ends
permissible only in tolerance hereinafter provided for), shriveling, scab,
blight, dry rot, other disease, insects or mechanical or other means.
    In order to allow for variations other than size, incident to proper
grading and handling, not more than six percent (6%) of the potatoes in any
container may be below the requirements of the grade, but not to exceed one
sixth (1/6) of this amount or one percent (1%) shall be allowed for potatoes
affected by soft rot or wet breakdown. In addition, not more than five percent
(5%) may be seriously damaged by internal disorders, and not more than three
percent (3%) may be below the prescribed size provided, however, that when
potatoes of this grade are packed to meet a minimum size requirement of six
(6) ounces or more by weight, the tolerance for undersize shall be five
percent (5%), but not more than two percent (2%) may be smaller than two (2)
inches in diameter, or four (4) ounces in weight.