Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 338 - OFFICIAL GRADES FOR SARDINES IN MUSTARD SAUCE PACKED IN 15 OZ. OVAL CANS
Part I - CONDENSED GRADING
Section 001-338-I-8 - Sampling
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-338-I-8
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. An official sample drawn at random, from each embossed code lot, regardless of the lot size, shall be submitted to the laboratory for grading.
1. The number of cans
submitted for this initial grading shall be 15 except that the size of such
samples will be changed to 10 cans whenever the following conditions are met:
a. The 15 can samples for each of eight
consecutive lots or eight of ten consecutive lots each has an average score
greater than sixty-five plus the average range (R) of subgroups of five within
said fifteen can sample and
b. None
of such 15 can samples shows a quality level such as to make necessary the
grading of additional cans to determine the final grade.
2. Whenever the sample size has been reduced
to ten cans as a result of the conditions outlined above under 1-a and 1-b, the
grade of each succeeding lot will be determined on the basis of a ten can
sample except that the sample size will revert to fifteen cans whenever either
or both of the following conditions are met:
a. The average score of any ten can sample is
less than sixty-five plus the average range (R) of subgroups of five within
said sample, or
b. The quality of
any such ten can sample is such as to make necessary the grading of additional
cans to determine the final grade.
An unlimited number of supplementary officially approved samples may be drawn as required to establish the final grade as indicated below.
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