Marketing Service may approve. 



These U.S. grade standards may be 

 either the wholesale grades available for 

 130 different fresh fruits and vegetables, 

 or the consumer grades now available for 

 13 fruits and vegetables -- beet greens, 

 broccoli, brussels sprouts, carrots, 

 celery, corn, cranberries, kale, parsnips, 

 potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, and turnips. 

 Others are developed as needed. 



The shopper in her retail food store 

 reaps the benefit of this inspection pro- 

 cedure. When she buys produce that wears 

 the continuous inspection shield, she buys 

 assurance that it has been packed under 

 the careful scrutiny of qualified, impartial 

 inspectors under wholly sanitary condi- 

 tions. If the product also is grade label- 

 ed, she is assured that the quality is 

 exactly as the label states. 



Continuous Inspection Supports Itself 



At shipping points, continuous inspec- 

 tion is conducted by the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture in cooperation with State 

 Departments of Agriculture as a Federal- 

 State service. At terminal markets, it may 

 be operated either as a Federal or 

 Federal-State service. Experienced, 

 trained inspectors are assigned to partici- 

 pating plants. 



