STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 21 
charge assigns inspectors to various points in the vicinity in accordance with the 
work requirements of the day. 
Let us assume that a licensed inspector has been assigned to a certain packing- 
house to make an inspection of a car of boxed apples being loaded, and note the 
procedure he might follow in making and reporting the inspection. Upon 
arriving at the packinghouse he would probably select a package of the product 
being graded by the sorters and examine perhaps 50 ‘apples from the packed 
container. He would score defective apples or off-sized apples in the sample and 
note the information on his score sheet. Then he would probably immediately 
select another packed box and score a similar sample. 
Inspection of a few samples would, no doubt, indicate whether or not the sorters 
were doing their work properly, and the inspector would so report his findings 
to the packinghouse foreman. If the samples were found to be close to the 
borderline for the grade being packed, the foreman would probably request 
his sorters to be more careful. Such information given by the inspector is very 
helpful to the packinghouse foreman, as it may save much time and labor cost 
in loading out a car of a certain grade of product. 
Assuming that the inspector found the few samples he selected within the 
grade tolerance, he would probably then take time to make other necessary 
entries on his worksheet of information finally to be shown on the inspection 
certificate. He would record the time and date that he started the inspection, the 
car number and initials, the kind of car, the name and address of the applicant 
for inspection, and the name of the shipper. He would then probably look 
over the car and note and report to the foreman any defect in equipment that 
might affect the shipment. Before completing his inspection, he would note 
on his worksheet the condition of the bunkers with respect to the amount of 
ice, position of hatch covers, and whether plugs were in or out and drain pipes 
were open or closed. 
Next, under the heading “Products,” he would show the name of the product, 
variety if known, the kind of container with its identifying marks and brands, 
such as would appear on the label or on the box, the size of the apples stamped 
on containers, and the lot numbers. Before completing the inspection, he would 
note on the worksheet the number of containers loaded in the car as found by 
actual count or by shipper’s manifest. 
By this time, the inspector would probably select at random more packed boxes, 
examine samples from each, and record his findings on the note sheet. The 
record would give the number of defective and off-sized apples in each sample, 
as well as indicate the range of color, shape, and the stage of maturity. As load- 
ing of the car progressed, he would also note on the worksheet the method of 
loading the car, the number of rows and layers of boxes, the stripping of the 
layers, and whether the car was loaded full length or in the ends with center 
bracing between doors. 
During the course of the inspection, the inspector would probably examine 
samples from at least 15 packed containers as a basis for reporting the size and 
the quality and condition of the shipment. If he found irregularities in the 
samples inspected he would examine more samples than he would if they ran 
quite uniform in grade defects. In any case, the inspector would examine as 
many samples as he believed necessary to be representative in size, quality, and 
condition of the shipment. Upon completion of his examination of samples he 
would then total his score of various defects and off-sized apples, and calculate the 
percentages. He would then be ready to enter the size and quality and condition 
statements for the car as a whole on his worksheet. 
