(1) The factors to be considered in establishing any grades or standards for dried prunes, as provided by ORS 632.410, shall be applied in accordance with the extent to which and manner in which they relate to the quality, quantity and condition of that product and the value or suitability of it for human consumption or for the commercial or other uses to which it is normally put.
(2) Any such grades, standards or classifications established under ORS 632.410 to 632.440 may, from time to time, be changed by the State Department of Agriculture in order:
(a) To conform them more nearly to the requirements or interests of consumers or to commercial or trade requirements, practices or methods.
(b) To meet changed conditions.
(c) To comply with new and improved methods of handling, processing, packing, transporting, marketing or using dried prunes.
(d) To apply or make effective any new and improved method of test, analysis or examination of the quality or condition of that product or the value or suitability of it as stated in this section.
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