Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 3 – Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products
Part 3, Size Grading for Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products
89. For the vegetables that are set out in Column 1 of an item of the Table of Size Designations of Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products to this section, which have a size designation as set out in Columns 2 or 3, the sizes corresponding to those size designations are set out in Column 4 of the item.
Table of Size Designations of Processed Fruit or Vegetable Products
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processed fruit or vegetable product | Size Designation | Optional Size Designation | Size | |
| 1 | Beans (Green or Wax) in a hermetically sealed package – Rounded (Diameter) Table Note a |
Size 1 | Small Table Note b | Less than 5.8 mm |
| Size 2 | Small Table Note b | 5.8 mm but less than 7.3 mm | ||
| Size 3 | Medium Table Note c | 7.3 mm but less than 8.3 mm | ||
| Size 4 | Medium Table Note c | 8.3 mm but less than 9.5 mm | ||
| Size 5 | Large | 9.5 mm but less than 10.7 mm | ||
| Size 6 | Extra Large | 10.7 mm or more | ||
| 2 | Beans (Green or Wax) in a hermetically sealed package – Flat (Thickness) Table Note d |
Size 2 | Small | 5.8 mm but less than 7.3 mm |
| Size 3 | Medium | 7.3 mm but less than 8.3 mm | ||
| Size 4 | Large Table Note e |
8.3 mm but less than 9.5 mm | ||
| Size 5 | Large Table Note e |
9.5 mm but less than 10.7 mm | ||
| Size 6 | Extra Large | 10.7 mm or more | ||
| 3 | Peas in a hermetically sealed package (Diameter) |
Size 1 | Small Table Note f | Less than 7.1 mm |
| Size 2 | Small Table Note f | 7.1 mm but less than 7.9 mm | ||
| Size 3 | Medium Table Note g | 7.9 mm but less than 8.7 mm | ||
| Size 4 | Medium Table Note g | 8.7 mm but less than 9.5 mm | ||
| Size 5 | Large | 9.5 mm but less than 10.3 mm | ||
| 4 | Lima Beans in a hermetically sealed package (Width) Table Note h |
Tiny | Midget | 11.9 mm or less |
| Small | Over 11.9 mm to 13.5 mm | |||
| Medium | Over 13.5 mm to 15.1 mm | |||
| Large | Over 15.1 mm | |||
| 5 | Asparagus (Tips or Spears)in a hermetically sealed package (Approximate diameter of base of spears) Table Note i |
Small | 9.5 mm but less than 12.7 mm | |
| Medium | 12.7 mm but less than 15.9 mm | |||
| Large | 15.9 mm or more | |||
| 6 | Whole White Potatoes in a hermetically sealed package (Diameter) |
Tiny | Midget | 25 mm or less |
| Small | Over 25 mm but not over 44.5 mm | |||
| Medium | Over 44.5 mm but not over 51 mm | |||
| Large | Over 51 mm | |||
| 7 | Frozen Carrots (Cut carrots-baby whole style, Cut carrots-whole style, Whole baby carrots, Whole carrots) – cylindrical or conica (Diameter) Table Note j |
Very Small Table Note m | Less than 10 mm | |
| Small Table Note m | Petite Table Note m | 6 mm to 14 mm | ||
| Regular Table Note m | Over 14 mm to 22 mm | |||
| Medium | Over 22 mm to 27 mm | |||
| Large | Over 27 mm to 35 mm | |||
| Extra Large | Over 35 mm | |||
| 8 | Frozen Carrots (Cut carrots-baby whole style, Cut carrots-whole style, Whole baby carrots, Whole carrots) – spherical (Diameter) Table Note k |
Very Small Table Note m | Less than 10 mm | |
| Small Table Note m | Petite Table Note m | 6 mm to 18 mm | ||
| Regular Table Note m | Over 18 mm to 22 mm | |||
| Medium | Over 22 mm to 27 mm | |||
| Large | Over 27 mm to 35 mm | |||
| Extra Large | Over 35 mm | |||
| 9 | Frozen Brussels Sprouts (Diameter) Table Note l |
Small | Baby | 22.2 mm or less |
| Medium | Over 22.2 mm but not over 31.8 mm | |||
| Large | Over 31.8 mm |
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