California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 3 - Economics
Chapter 1 - Fruit and Vegetable Standardization
Subchapter 10 - Raw Products Inspection for Processing Analysis Different
Article 2 - Garlic and Onions for Dehydration
Section 1678 - Defects-Onions

(a) Insect Damage. Two or more fleshy scales have been penetrated by an insect in two or more areas.

(b) Wet Sunscald. Wet sunscald is identifiable anywhere on the bulb.

(c) Dry Sunscald. Dry sunscald affects an aggregate area of more than 900 square millimeters on the outside fleshy scales.

(d) Decay--Outside. Decay affects an aggregate area of more than a 25 millimeter circle on the outside fleshy scales.

(e) Decay--Inside. Decay is identifiable anywhere inside the bulb.

(f) Wet Breakdown. Wet breakdown is identifiable anywhere on the bulb.

(g) Mold. The moldy area on one or more fleshy scales exceeds an aggregate area of a circle 25 millimeters in diameter or spore masses between the papery scales are present on 50 percent or more of the onion.

(h) Burst/Cracks. The burst area or crack extends three or more fleshy scales in depth.

(i) Seed Stems. It has a seed stem that is tough or woody.

(j) Off Color. Of a color that is not typical of the variety or strain.

(k) Scallions, Bottlenecks. The diameter of the neck at the shoulder exceeds 1/3 of the bulb diameter.

(l) Green Sprouts. A sprout is externally visible or a sprout is medium green or darker and longer than one inch (25.4 millimeters) in the bulb.

(m) Greening. Greening exceeds an aggregate area of a 32-millimeter-in-diameter circle and is medium green or darker.

(n) Freeze Damage. Freeze damage is identifiable in three or more fleshy scales.

(o) Mechanical Damage. Mechanical damage extends through three or more fleshy outer scales.

(p) Undersize. The diameter is less than 1.25 inches (31.75 millimeters). Diameter is measured at the widest portion of a cross section at a right angle to a straight line drawn from the top to the root end.