UNIFORMITY

·       THE CONTENTS OF EACH PACKAGE MUST BE UNIFORM AND CONTAIN ONLY PRODUCE OF THE SAME ORIGIN, VARIETY OR COMMERCIAL TYPE, QUALITY AND SIZE.

·       HOWEVER, A MIXTURE OF LETTUCES AND/OR ENDIVES OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT VARIETIES, COMMERCIAL TYPES AND/OR COLOURS MAY BE PACKED TOGETHER IN A PACKAGE, PROVIDED THEY ARE UNIFORM IN QUALITY AND, FOR EACH VARIETY, COMMERCIAL TYPE AND/OR COLOUR CONCERNED, IN ORIGIN. HOWEVER, IN CASE OF THOSE MIXTURES UNIFORMITY IN SIZE IS NOT REQUIRED.

·       THE VISIBLE PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE CONTENTS.

·       PRESENTATION SHOULD NOT BE MISLEADING, I.E. CONCEALING IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE PACKAGE PRODUCE INFERIOR IN QUALITY AND SIZE TO THAT DISPLAYED AND MARKED.

PACKAGING

·       THE PRODUCE MUST BE PACKED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROTECT IT PROPERLY. IT MUST BE REASONABLY PACKED HAVING REGARD TO THE SIZE AND TYPE OF PACKAGING, WITHOUT EMPTY
SPACES OR CRUSHING.

·       PACKAGES MUST BE OF A QUALITY, STRENGTH AND CHARACTERISTIC TO PROTECT THE PRODUCE DURING TRANSPORT AND HANDLING.

·       LETTUCES MAY BE PACKED IN ONE, TWO OR THREE LAYERS. WHEN PACKED IN TWO (OR THREE) LAYERS, LETTUCES AND CURLED-LEAVED ENDIVES MUST BE PLACED HEART-TO-HEART (IN TWO OF THEM), UNLESS SEPARATED BY SUITABLE PROTECTIVE MATERIAL E.G. A SHEET OF PAPER OR THE HEADS ARE WRAPPED OR PACKED SEPARATELY. CURLED-LEAVED ENDIVES, BROAD-LEAVED (BATAVIAN) ENDIVES AND COS LETTUCES MAY ALSO BE PACKED FLAT

·       THE MATERIALS USED INSIDE THE PACKAGE MUST BE CLEAN AND OF A QUALITY SUCH AS TO AVOID CAUSING ANY EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCE. THE USE OF MATERIALS, PARTICULARLY OF PAPER OR STAMPS BEARING TRADE SPECIFICATIONS, IS ALLOWED, PROVIDED THE PRINTING OR LABELLING HAS BEEN DONE WITH NON‑TOXIC INK OR GLUE.

·       PACKAGES MUST BE FREE OF ALL FOREIGN MATTER.

·       CLEAN MATERIALS SHOULD BE USED TO PROTECT THE PRODUCE FROM FOREIGN MATTER SUCH AS LEAVES, SAND OR SOIL, WHICH COULD CAUSE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PRODUCE AND ITS PRESENTATION. A VISIBLE LACK OF CLEANLINESS IN SEVERAL PACKAGES COULD RESULT IN THE GOODS BEING REJECTED

·       NAME OF ILLUSTRATION

o   PRESENTATION CLASS I

o   MIXED SALADS IN THE PACKAGE

o   NOT SUITABLY PROTECTED

o   PRESENTATION IN TWO LAYERS AND HEART TO HEART

o   CURLED-LEAVED ENDIVES PACKED FLAT

o   PACKAGE CONTAINING BUTTERHEAD LETTUCES PACKED IN FILM BAGS

o   “ICEBERG” LETTUCE WRAPPED IN FILM