Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Jul 29, 2026
§ 51.3412 - Unusable material.

“Unusable Material” consists of defective portions of potatoes, and potatoes which are frozen, affected by freezing injury, soft rot, wet breakdown, insects, worms, larvae, Blackheart, Late Blight Tuber Rot, Southern Bacterial Wilt, Bacterial Ring Rot, or which are seriously damaged by internal defects.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
cite as: 7 CFR 51.3412