CLASSIFICATION

·       BROCCOLI IS CLASSIFIED IN TWO CLASSES, AS DEFINED BELOW:

o   CLASS I

§  BROCCOLI IN THIS CLASS MUST BE OF GOOD QUALITY. IT MUST BE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VARIETY AND/OR COMMERCIAL TYPE.

§  BROCCOLI MUST BE:

§  FIRM AND COMPACT;

·       THE HEADS MUST HAVE THE FLORETS VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER

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·       FIRM AND COMPACT HEAD; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       TIGHTLY-GRAINED;

o   THERE MUST BE NO GAPS BETWEEN THE BUDS FORMING THE HEAD.

·       FREE OF DEFECTS SUCH AS STAINS OR TRACES OF FROST.

·       THE BUDS MUST BE FULLY CLOSED.

·       NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OPENING OF THE BUDS IS ALLOWED.

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·       BUDS FULLY CLOSED

·       THE FLORAL STEM MUST BE SUFFICIENTLY TENDER AND FREE OF WOODINESS.

·       NORMALLY THE STEM AND HEAD ARE USED BY CONSUMERS, SO FIBRES MUST NOT SHOW ANY TRACES OF WOODINESS.

·       THE FOLLOWING SLIGHT DEFECTS, HOWEVER, MAY BE ALLOWED, PROVIDED THESE DO NOT AFFECT THE GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE PRODUCE, THE QUALITY, THE KEEPING QUALITY AND PRESENTATION IN THE PACKAGE:

o   A SLIGHT DEFECT IN SHAPE;

o   THE SHAPE OF THE HEAD MAY BE SLIGHTLY DEFORMED; SLIGHT GROWTH DEFECTS ARE ALLOWED PROVIDED THEY DO NOT AFFECT THE COMPACTNESS AND DENSITY OF THE HEAD.

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·       SLIGHT DEFECT IN SHAPE; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       A SLIGHT DEFECT IN COLOURING.

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·       SLIGHT DEFECT IN COLOURING; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       LEAVES EXTENDING ABOVE THE HEAD MAY BE ALLOWED PROVIDED THESE ARE GREEN, SOUND, FRESH AND TENDER.

·       LEAVES, IF PRESENT, MUST BE GREEN, SOUND, FRESH, TENDER AND SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THE PRESENCE OF ONLY A FEW LEAVES SURROUNDING THE HEAD SHALL BE ALLOWED UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS.

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·       LEAVES EXTENDING ABOVE THE HEAD; LIMIT ALLOWED

CLASS II

·       THIS CLASS INCLUDES BROCCOLI THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR INCLUSION IN CLASS I BUT SATISFY THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED ABOVE.

·       BROCCOLI IN THIS CLASS MUST BE OF REASONABLE QUALITY, AND ARE SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

·       BROCCOLI MAY BE:

§  SLIGHTLY LOOSE AND LESS COMPACT;

§  THE FLORETS WHICH FORM THE HEAD MAY SHOW A TENDENCY OF OPENING LEADING TO A SLIGHT LOSS OF FIRMNESS AND COMPACTNESS.

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·       SLIGHTLY LOOSE AND LESS COMPACT BROCCOLI; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       LESS TIGHTLY-GRAINED.

o   THE BUDS MAY BE LOOSER WITHOUT LEADING TO A LOSS OF COMPACTNESS TO THE PRODUCE. THE BROCCOLI MUST BE NORMAL IN APPEARANCE.

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·       LESS TIGHTLY-GRAINED BROCCOLI; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       THE BUDS MUST BE PRACTICALLY CLOSED.

o   THE BUDS MAY BE FURTHER DEVELOPED BUT MUST NOT EXCEED ONE-THIRD OF THE SURFACE OF THE AREA OF THE HEAD.

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·       BUDS FURTHER DEVELOPED; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       THE FLORAL STEM MUST BE REASONABLY TENDER, AND MAY HAVE A TRACE OF WOODINESS.

·       THE STEM MUST BE REASONABLY TENDER AND MAY SHOW A TRACE OF WOODINESS WHICH IS REMOVABLE BY NORMAL PEELING BY THE CONSUMER.

·       THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS MAY BE ALLOWED, PROVIDED BROCCOLI RETAINS ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS AS REGARDS THE QUALITY, THE KEEPING QUALITY AND PRESENTATION IN THE PACKAGE:

o   DEFECTS IN SHAPE;

§  A NON-HARMONIOUS ARRANGEMENT OF THE FLORETS ON THE STEM MAY CAUSE DEFORMATION OF THE HEAD

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·       TYPICAL SHAPE / DEFECT IN SHAPE; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       DEFECTS IN COLOURING;

o   A SLIGHT DISCOLOURATION OF THE HEAD DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS IS ALLOWED IF IT DOES NOT EXCEED ONE-TENTH OF THE AREA OF THE BROCCOLI.

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·       DEFECT IN COLOURING; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       SLIGHT BRUISING AND INJURY.

o   IT IS ALLOWED PROVIDED IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE KEEPING QUALITY AND EDIBILITY OF THE PRODUCE.

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·       SLIGHT BRUISING I; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       SLIGHT BRUISING II; LIMIT ALLOWED

·       LEAVES EXTENDING ABOVE THE HEAD MAY BE ALLOWED PROVIDED THESE ARE GREEN, SOUND, FRESH AND TENDER.

·       LEAVES IF PRESENT MUST BE GREEN, SOUND, FRESH, TENDER AND SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THE PRESENCE OF ONLY A FEW LEAVES SURROUNDING THE HEAD SHALL BE ALLOWED UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS.

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·       LEAVES EXTENDING ABOVE THE HEAD; LIMIT ALLOWED