Canned green beans shall be presented as one of the following styles:
(a) | Whole green beans: Shall consist of whole pods of any length. |
(b) | French style or shoestring green beans: Shall consist of majority of pods sliced lengthwise or at an angle of 450 or less to the longitudinal axis, and has a thickness of no more then 6.5 mm. |
(c) | Green bean cuts or broken green bean cuts: Shall consist of transversely cut pods not less than 13mm and not more than 50mm in length which may contain shorter end pieces resulting from cutting. |
(d) | Short green bean cuts: Shall consist of pieces of pods cut transversely of which 75 percent or, by number, are less than 20mm in length. |
(e) | Diagonal green bean cuts: Shall consist of pods cut at an angle of approximately 450 to the longitudinal axis. |