26 MISC. PUBLICATION 604, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
falar Sete yack INSPECTICN CERTIFICATE F-() 999 66 
This certificate is issued pursuant to the act making appropriation for the United States Department of Agri 
culture and is receivable as prima facie evidence in all courts of the United States. This certificate does not 
excuse failure to comply with any of the regulatory laws enforced by the United States Department of Agriculture 
or Federeal Food and Drug Adhininistration. 
Date (,27, (9SE Yow $/30 PY. _ 
Grower. 
Products i pected =) DewradaciUne Wi See eee. of containers SO 
(Grower's count) 
Inspection poin 
PERCENT 
I, the undersigned, on the date above. specified, made 
personal inspection of samples of the lot herein de- 
scribed, and do hereby certify that the conditions at 
the said time and on the said date as shown by said 
samplos were as stated herein. 
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INSPECTOR 
The information below is for the convenience of the canner andits accuracy is not vouched for by the above inspector. 
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GES Care a heya ye nee ee ss] FOSS AU eH One ex (Ce ei eee CD 
INGE aya eee sibs Culls 
VALUE OF TOTALLOAD § 
DN—839 
Figure 7.—lhis type of inspection memorandum showing the percentage of each grade 
and culls in growers’ loads, is issued on products for processing. 
Inspection on the Basis of Consumer Standards 
Since the inauguration of the consumer standards program, the Department 
has been prepared to furnish inspection to applicants either on a lot basis or 
on a continuous inspection basis. When a lot inspection is requested it is 
assumed that the applicant has packed a lot of produce to meet the requirements 
of a certain grade and wishes to have an inspection certificate to confirm it. 
Under such circumstances the inspector takes representative samples from the 
lot, examines the contents, and reports the quality, condition, and grade of the 
product on the inspection certificate. The cost of lot inspections is calculated 
either on a carlot basis or on the amount of time it takes to make an inspection. 
In the markets the regular fee for a quality and condition inspection as of 
August 1956 was $10 per car and the hourly rate was $4. 
Continuous inspection, on the other hand, employs an entirely different type 
of operation. This service is provided primarily for shippers or prepackagers, 
whose volume of production is sufficient to warrant paying for the services of an 
inspector to be on hand at all times when the product to be inspected is 
being packed. The service is furnished to applicants located either at country 
shipping points or in terminal markets. To obtain the services of an inspector 
under a continuous inspection arrangement, the applicant may request it either 
through a Federal inspector located in the nearest terminal market inspection 
office or through a Federal supervising inspector located in the State in which 
the applicant desires inspection. In either case, the applicant is required to sign 
a contract of agreement which provides principally for the manner in which 
payment will be made for the service, obligations of the applicant in maintaining 
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