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Re:Why Fruits and Veggies Are So Cheap in Chinatown by home_boi on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:39PM (#11984090)
Is this common place for frozen berries or are they generally packaged before any mold can occur?
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Re:Why Fruits and Veggies Are So Cheap in Chinatown by ethbro on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:51PM (#11984126)
To meet higher USDA grades, it seems like they must be pre-sorted to remove mold (among other things).

Example: https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/frozen-strawberrie...

PS: Side note, either USDA AMS hasn't updated their site in awhile, or some "most recent" frozen berry standards date back to the 50s/60s. Which, I guess makes sense; I imagine the process hasn't changed that much.

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