# Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Changes to Pack Requirements
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 1999-08-31 · Effective 1999-09-01 · 64 FR 47349
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-22666
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 47349
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 906
- **Publication date:** 1999-08-31
- **Effective date:** 1999-09-01
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FV99-906-3 IFR
## Abstract

This rule changes the pack requirements currently prescribed under the marketing order covering oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The marketing order regulates the handling of such fruit and is administered locally by the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee). This rule changes the orange and grapefruit pack sizes so that each pack size will reflect the actual number of fruit in a 7/10 bushel carton. It also more closely aligns the pack sizes for Texas oranges with the pack sizes used by shippers of California oranges. These changes will enable Texas handlers to compete more effectively in the marketplace. The rule also makes conforming changes to the pack size references in the minimum size regulations to keep the minimum size requirements for orange and grapefruit the same as currently specified.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/08/31/99-22666/oranges-and-grapefruit-grown-in-lower-rio-grande-valley-in-texas-changes-to-pack-requirements)
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