Wash. Admin. Code § 16-450-041 - Controlled atmosphere requirements
(1) The oxygen content of each storage room
must be reduced to five percent within twenty calendar days after the room is
sealed.
(2) Stored fruits or
vegetables must be kept in controlled atmosphere storage under required degrees
of temperature and percentage of air components for the specified period listed
below:
| Apple Varieties | Minimum Storage Period |
| Gala and Jonagold | Forty-five continuous calendar days |
| Other | Sixty continuous calendar days |
| Pear Varieties | Minimum Storage Period |
| Bartlett | Forty-five continuous calendar days |
| Other summer | Sixty continuous calendar days |
| Bosc | Forty-five continuous calendar days |
| Other winter | Sixty continuous calendar days |
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