WAC 16-403-280. Adoption of United States standards as state standards

Except as otherwise modified in this chapter and under this section, WSDA adopts the United States standards for grades of apples, 7 C.F.R. Part 51, Subpart "United States Standards for Grades of Apples" (effective December 19, 2002), as the standards apply to U.S. extra fancy, U.S. fancy, U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 1 hail, subject to and including the following requirements. (1) The color requirements specified for U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 1 hail must be a good shade of red color; (2) The percentage of color required for U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 1 hail for Delicious must be twenty-five percent a good shade of red color; (3) The United States grades as applied to Red Delicious, Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, and Jonagold varieties must meet the firmness requirements of WAC 16-403-144 ; and (4) The United States grades as applied to the Granny Smith variety must meet the starch-iodine requirements of WAC 16-403-154 .