Canned Peas and Carrots Grades & Standards
Canned peas and carrots is the product which has been properly prepared from clean, sound, succulent garden peas and clean, sound carrots. The peas and carrots are packed in a suitable packing medium with or without the addition of salt, sugar, or other ingredient(s) permissible under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and are sufficiently processed by heat to assure preservation of the product in hermetically sealed containers.
Grades of Canned Peas and Carrots
- U.S. Grade A is the quality of canned peas and carrots in which the vegetables possess a good color, are practically free from defects, possess a good character, posses a good flavor and odor, and which score not less than 90 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart.
- U.S. Grade B is the quality of canned peas and carrots in which the vegetables have at least reasonably good color, reasonable freedom from defects, a reasonably good character, and fairly good flavor and odor, and which score not less than 80 points when scored in accordance with the scoring system outlined in this subpart..
- Substandard is the quality of canned peas and carrots that fail to meet the requirements of U.S. Grade B.
Inspection Aid
- Headspace Gauge
See How to Purchase Inspection Aids for more details.
Detailed Standards, Inspection Instructions & Other Resources:
- U.S. Grade Standards for Canned Peas and Carrots (pdf)
- AOAC Official Method 945.81 Weevils in Beans and Peas
- Certification Manual
- Condition of Container Manual
- FDA Food Defect Action Levels
- Foreign Material Manual
- General Processed Procedures Manual(pdf)
- Safety Manual
- Sampling Manual
- Sanitation Manual
- SC 364-157 Score Sheet for Canned Peas and Carrots
- Technical Procedures Manual