PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKING

·       EACH1PACKAGE2 MUST BEAR THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS, IN LETTERS GROUPED ON THE SAME SIDE, LEGIBLY AND INDELIBLY MARKED, AND VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE.

·       IN THE CASE OF PACKED PRODUCE, ALL PARTICULARS MUST BE GROUPED ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PACKAGE, EITHER ON A LABEL ATTACHED TO OR PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE, WITH WATER–INSOLUBLE INK.

·       IN THE CASE OF REUSED PACKAGES, ALL PREVIOUS LABELS MUST BE CAREFULLY REMOVED AND/OR PREVIOUS INDICATIONS DELETED.

·       FOR WATERMELONS TRANSPORTED IN BULK (DIRECT LOADING INTO A TRANSPORT VEHICLE) THESE PARTICULARS MUST APPEAR ON A DOCUMENT ACCOMPANYING THE GOODS, AND ATTACHED IN A VISIBLE POSITION INSIDE THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE. FOR THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION, THE INDICATION OF THE SIZE OR THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS NOT COMPULSORY

IDENTIFICATION

·       PACKER AND/ OR DISPATCHER/ SHIPER } NAME AND PHYSICAL ADDRESS (E.G. STREET/CITY/REGION/POSTAL CODE AND, IF DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THE COUNTRY) OR A CODE MARK OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY

·       FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES, THE PACKER IS THE PERSON OR FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PACKAGING OF THE PRODUCE (THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE STAFF THAT ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE WORK, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE ONLY TO THEIR EMPLOYER). THE CODE MARK IS NOT A TRADEMARK, BUT AN OFFICIAL CONTROL SYSTEM ENABLING THE PERSON OR FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKAGING TO BE READILY IDENTIFIED. THE DISPATCHER (SHIPPER OR EXPORTER) MAY ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, IN WHICH CASE IDENTIFICATION OF THE “PACKER” AS DEFINED ABOVE IS OPTIONAL.

·       NATURE OF PRODUCE

o   “WATERMELONS” IF THE CONTENTS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE;

o   NAME OF THE VARIETY (OPTIONAL);

o   COLOUR OF FLESH IF NOT RED;

o   “SEEDLESS”, WHERE APPROPRIATE4.

·       SEEDLESS WATERMELONS MAY CONTAIN UNDERDEVELOPED SEEDS AND OCCASIONAL DEVELOPED SEEDS.

·       ORIGIN OF PRODUCE

o   COUNTRY OF ORIGIN5 AND, OPTIONALLY, DISTRICT WHERE GROWN, OR NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL PLACE NAME.

·       MARKING MUST INCLUDE THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, I.E. THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE WATERMELONS WERE GROWN. OPTIONALLY, DISTRICT OF ORIGIN IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL TERMS MAY ALSO BE SHOWN. THE FULL OR A COMMONLY USED NAME SHOULD BE INDICATED.

·       COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS

·       CLASS;

o   STATING THE CLASS IS COMPULSORY.

·       SIZE (IF SIZED) EXPRESSED AS A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM WEIGHTS;

o   THE INDICATION OF SIZE IS OBLIGATORY FOR ALL WATERMELONS IN A PACKAGE, INCLUDING WATERMELONS PACKED IN PALLET BINS. IN CASE OF WATERMELONS PRESENTED IN BULK IN THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE, THE SIZE INDICATION WOULD ONLY BE APPLICABLE IF SUCH PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SIZED.

·       NUMBER OF UNITS.

·       OFFICIAL CONTROL MARK (OPTIONAL)

·       NAME OF ILLUSTRATION WATERMELONS

o   MARKING

o   MARKING ON A LABEL

o   MARKING PRINTED ON THE BOX