[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR996.13]

[Page 738]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 996_MINIMUM QUALITY AND HANDLING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC AND 
IMPORTED PEANUTS MARKETED IN THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 996.13  Peanuts.

    Peanuts means the seeds of the legume Arachis hypogaea and includes 
both inshell and shelled peanuts produced in the United States or 
imported from foreign countries, other than those in green form for 
consumption as boiled peanuts.
    (a) Farmers Stock. ``Farmers stock peanuts'' means picked and 
threshed peanuts which have not been shelled, crushed, cleaned or 
otherwise changed (except for removal of foreign material, loose shelled 
kernels, and excess moisture) from the form in which customarily 
marketed by producers.
    (b) Segregation 1. ``Segregation l peanuts'' means farmers stock 
peanuts with not more than 2.49 percent damaged kernels nor more than 
l.00 percent concealed damage caused by rancidity, mold, or decay and 
which are free from visible Aspergillus flavus.
    (c) Segregation 2. ``Segregation 2 peanuts'' means farmers stock 
peanuts with more than 2.49 percent damaged kernels or more than l.00 
percent concealed damage caused by rancidity, mold, or decay and which 
are free from visible Aspergillus flavus.
    (d) Segregation 3. ``Segregation 3 peanuts'' means farmers stock 
peanuts with visible Aspergillus flavus.