Current through August, 2024
The following Rules and regulations are hereby
established as provided for in No. 103, Acts of 1951, "An Act
Relating to the Grading and Marketing of Potatoes."
These regulations supersede all previous rules and
regulations.
1. Each
container or display must be plainly and conspiciously marked as
follows:
(A) "Plainly and
Conspicuously": each required marking shall be clearly legible; shall
be 1/2 inch or larger in height, except as other wise indicated
below.
(B) Bags, other
than burlap if not printed with required information may be stenciled
or tagged in accordance with preceeding regulations. Private brands
or trade marks are permitted if applicable to contents.
(C) Roadside Markings: For potatoes
displayed on premises of grower the grade markings required may be
shown by placard or sign accompanying the display. Such placard or
signs must be in plain view and legible.
2. MARKINGS ON CONTAINERS
(A) If not stenciled, burlap bags
shall be tagged. Colors other than blue or red shall be used. Used
burlap bags are permitted if turned insider out, or if printing
thereon, not applicable to contents, is obliterated.
(B) No other grade or size markings
may appear on the package or display other than that applicable to
contents. There shall be no abbreviations. The official grades are:
U.S. Fancy, U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1, U.S. Commercial, U.S. No.
2.
(C) UNCLASSIFIED: The
official grades provide for an "unclassified" marking for potatoes
which have not been graded into any of the standard grades. Markings
indicating "unclassified" shall be marked in letters no less than 1
inch in height with no abbreviations permitted.
3. Price markings shall be plainly
and conspicuously accompanied by one of the terms state above under
"B" and "C", which marking shall be no less than one-half the height
of the price marking.
4.
ADVERTISING: When, in any form of advertising, the price is stated
verbally, one of the terms stated above under "B" and "C" must also
be stated verbally.
