# Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California and Imported Table Grapes; Relaxation of Handling Requirements
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. · Published 2010-06-17 · Effective 2010-06-18 · 75 FR 34343
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-14572
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 34343
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 925
- **Publication date:** 2010-06-17
- **Effective date:** 2010-06-18
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-09-0085
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that relaxed the handling requirements prescribed under the California table grape marketing order (order) and the table grape import regulation. The interim rule relaxed the one-quarter pound minimum bunch size requirement for the 2010 and subsequent seasons for grapes packed in consumer packages holding 2 pounds net weight or less. Under the relaxation, up to 20 percent of the weight of such containers may consist of single clusters of at least five berries each. This action continues the relaxation that was prescribed on a one-year test basis in 2009 and provides California desert grape handlers and importers the flexibility to respond to an ongoing marketing opportunity to meet consumer needs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/06/17/2010-14572/grapes-grown-in-a-designated-area-of-southeastern-california-and-imported-table-grapes-relaxation-of)
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