Enter a commodity, the destination inspection's condition-defect and decay percentages, and days since shipment — this checks the result against USDA's published F.O.B. Good Delivery tolerances and tells you whether it lands inside or outside the guideline.
USDA's table gives allowances for 1–5 days since shipment (truck transit). Rail and ocean shipments with longer transit are held to the same maximums as day 5 unless a different market precedent applies.
All condition (transit) defects found at destination, by USDA/inspection-certificate count.
Subset of total that is serious damage — leave 0 if the commodity's tolerance has no separate serious-damage tier.
Subset of serious damage that is decay specifically.
Shipping-point tolerance and the maximum % of defects allowed at each day since shipment (1–5 days, truck transit), from USDA's F.O.B. Good Delivery Guidelines Table. Format: total – serious (incl. decay) – decay, e.g. 15-8-3 = 15% total, ≤8% serious/decay, ≤3% decay. Two-number entries (e.g. artichokes) have no separate serious-damage tier. This is a subset of the full USDA table — see the link below for the complete, current list and footnoted exceptions.
| Commodity | Shipping-pt. tolerance | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
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Entries marked * in USDA's table have additional/special tolerances (grade-specific defect types) not captured by the single percentage series — consult the full table and the applicable U.S. Grade Standard before relying on those. "Destination" tolerance = the commodity's U.S. Grade Standard is set at destination rather than shipping point.
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