California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 3 - Economics
Chapter 1 - Fruit and Vegetable Standardization
Subchapter 4 - Fresh Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables
Article 28 - Melons, Other than Cantaloupes
Section 1442.14 - Watermelons, Heart Cracks

Where such a crack does not in any way involve the edibility of a watermelon, it is not to be considered serious; however, such melons, when transported long distances and handled roughly, will break down in the center, and could easily cause the melon to be rejected. If the heart of the melon is split open badly in such a manner as to make that portion of the flesh inedible in the same degree as an overripe condition might appear, it is considered rejectable under the term "other causes." When a melon or the flesh of the melon is referred to as being inedible, we mean that it is damaged and jarred to a condition that is undesirable for the average consumer to eat.

1. New Sections 1473 through 1478 filed 7-7-55; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 55, No. 10).
2. Renumbering from Section 1473 filed 1-21-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 4).