414 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



It was decided to introduce a clause into the standardization laws 

 permitting the shipment of scabby or otherwise defective fruit to can- 

 neries and by-product factories, etc. This clause was necessary because 

 of the fact that in section 1 the phrase "For interstate and foreign 

 shipment" was eliminated. In the past the poorer fruit has been 

 shipped to local markets, and to provide an outlet for this class of fruit 

 this clause was necessary. 



In order that the reader may intelligently understand these amend- 

 ments we are printing again the Standardization Law. 



STANDARDIZATION OF FRUIT PACKING. 



An act to establish a standard for the packing in the state of California 

 of the kinds of fresh fruits specified in this act, for sale or for trans- 

 portation for sale, for interstate and foreign shipment, and to 

 prevent deception in the packing; also to establish a system of 

 inspection for the same. 



Chapter 659, A. B. 851, 1915. 

 [Approved June 10, 1915. In eifect August 9, 1915.] 



The people of the state of California do enact as follows: 



Section 1. There is hereby created and established a standard for 

 the packing of fresh fruits, for interstate and foreign shipment, of the 

 kinds specified in this act. 



Sec. 2. Any box, basket, package or container of fresh fruit of the 

 kinds specified in this act, which shall be packed and offered for sale or 

 for transportation for sale, shall be packed in accordance with the 

 specifications herein made. 



Sec. 3. All deciduous fruits of the kinds specified in this act when 

 packed shall be practically free from insects and fungous diseases. 



Sec. 4. All fresh fruit of the kind specified in this act which shall be 

 sold in bulk or loose in the box without packing, shall be exempt from 

 the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 5. All cherries packed in boxes or packages shall contain fruit 

 of practically uniform quality and maturity and one variety only, 

 excepting that such boxes or packages may contain more than one 

 variety if such fact be plainly stamped on the outside of the box or 

 package with the words "Mixed Varieties" with letters one-half inch 

 high. Each box or package shall be stamped on the outside with the 

 minimum weight of contents, and name of variety or varieties. 



Sec. 6. Peaches, apricots, pears, plums and prunes, shall be of prac- 

 tically uniform size, quality and maturity. When packed in crates, 

 packages or containers made up of two or more sub-containers having 

 sloping sides, for the purpose of ventilation of the fruit therein, the 

 fruit shall not vary in size more than ten per cent and no layer below 

 the top layer shall contain a greater numerical count than the top layer. 

 Each box, crate, package, container or sub-container shall be stamped 

 upon the outside with the minimum weight of its contents. Each box, 

 crate, package or container, except sub-containers, shall bear in plain 

 letters the name of the variety contained therein. When packed in a 

 box, package or container having perpendicular sides and ends, each 

 box shall contain approximately the same numerical count in each layer ; 



