Processed Fruit and Vegetable Inspection 

 Service makes every reasonable check during 

 plant inspections and finished product exami- 

 nations to determine, in addition to the grade, 

 that products are wholesome and free from 

 deleterious or objectionable substances. A 

 certificate of acceptable quality and condition 

 is not knowingly issued on a product which 

 would fail to comply with Food and Drug 

 requirements. 



USDA-Developed Visual Aids and 

 Color Standards Available to You 



USDA has developed a number of visual 

 aids and color guides to help inspectors in 

 uniform interpretation of the various quality 

 factors in the U.S. Grade Standards. While 

 these were designed primarily for use by 

 the Inspection Service, many of them are also 

 available to the public. Processors, particu- 

 larly, find these visual aids and color guides 

 valuable tools in maintaining quality control 

 during their processing operations. Among 

 the types of visual aids used by the Inspection 



Service are wax models for indicating shape, 

 color and types of defects, special plastic and 

 glass color comparators, photographic color 

 slides, black and white photographs and draw- 

 ings. USDA has granted licenses to qualified 

 firms to manufacture and sell some of these 

 visual aids to anyone interested. You can get 

 details on the visual aids available and the 

 firms who manufacture them from your nearest 

 inspection office. 



