(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall fix, establish and promulgate, after investigation and public hearing, official grades and standards for grading and classifying dried prunes.
(2) In establishing such grades and standards the department shall take into account and base them upon the following factors:
(a) Flavor, texture, size, appearance and moisture content.
(b) Freedom from disease.
(c) Freedom from or extent of damage or deterioration.
(d) Absence of foreign material, dirt, insect infestation or scorch.
(e) Extent of carmelization.
(f) Method of packing or packaging.
(g) Such other factors as may be indicative of or which may affect quality or condition and value or suitability for human consumption or for the commercial or other uses to which that product normally is put.
(3) In addition, the department shall take into account any grades, standards or classifications for dried prunes established by the United States Department of Agriculture, and also applicable state and federal food and drug laws. ORS 632.900 to 632.935 relating to grades and standards shall apply to ORS 632.410 to 632.440.
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