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 7 - Apples
Section 1400.15 - Apples, Fancy Grade

The Fancy grade consists of properly matured but not overripe apples of one variety which are hand picked, clean, fairly well colored, and fairly well formed. These apples shall be free from decay, visible bitter pit, Jonathan spot, soft scald, internal breakdown, visible watercore, and insect pests (except San Jose and similar scales). In addition, these apples shall be free from appreciable damage from limb rub, spray burn, bruises (except such bruises as are necessarily caused in proper sorting or packing), sunscald, sunburn, russeting, hail mark, frost injury, internal browning, scald (including storage scald), apple scab, flyspeck fungus, stem or calyx cracks, broken skin, insect pests, and other diseases or defects.

1. Originally filed as Section 1400 on 4-26-46 (Register 3).
2. Renumbered from Section 1400, filed 7-7-55; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 55, No. 10).
3. Amendment filed 1-4-71 as an emergency; effective upon filing. Certificate of Compliance included (Register 71, No. 2).
4. Amendment and renumbering from Section 1392 filed 1-21-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 4).
5. Repealer of Section 1400.15 and renumbering and amendment of Section 1400.27 to Section 1400.15 filed 6-5-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 23).
6. Amendment filed 2-22-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 8).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 42684, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 42941, Food and Agricultural Code.