· IN ALL CLASSES, SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS
FOR EACH CLASS AND THE TOLERANCES ALLOWED, THE PRODUCE MUST BE: |
INTACT · THE PRODUCE MUST NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY
AFFECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE · NAME OF ILLUSTRATION o
CUT o
PRONOUNCED
BRUISING o
STALK END
MISSING, PODS OPEN |
·
SOUND, PRODUCE
AFFECTED BY ROTTING OR DETERIORATION SUCH AS TO MAKE IT UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION
IS EXCLUDED; |
·
THE PRODUCE MUST BE
FREE FROM DISEASE OR SERIOUS DETERIORATION WHICH APPRECIABLY AFFECTS THEIR
APPEARANCE, EDIBILITY OR KEEPING QUALITY. IN PARTICULAR, PRODUCE AFFECTED BY
ROTTING, EVEN IF THE SIGNS ARE VERY SLIGHT BUT LIABLE TO MAKE THE PRODUCE
UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION UPON ARRIVAL AT THEIR DESTINATION, ARE TO BE EXCLUDED. |
· PRODUCE SHOWING THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS ARE
THEREFORE EXCLUDED: o
ROTTING, EVEN IF
THE SIGNS ARE VERY SLIGHT; o
WHITE MOULD OR
WATERY SOFT ROT (SCLEROTINIA SPP.); o
BEAN SPOT DISEASE
OR ANTHRACNOSE (COLLETOTRICHUM LINDEMUTHIANUM), o
RUST, o
BACTERIAL BLIGHT
OR GREASY SPOT (PSEUDOMONAS SPP., XANTHOMONAS SPP.). |
· NAME OF ILLUSTRATION o
ROT o
WATERY SOFT ROT o
BEAN SPOT DISEASE o
RUST o
BACTERIAL BLIGHT |
· CLEAN, PRACTICALLY FREE OF ANY VISIBLE FOREIGN
MATTER; o
BEANS MUST BE
PRACTICALLY FREE OF VISIBLE SOIL, DUST, CHEMICAL RESIDUE OR OTHER FOREIGN
MATTER. o
THE PRESENCE OF
VISIBLE FOREIGN MATTER CAN DETRACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION AND
ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRODUCE. THEREFORE, THE ACCEPTABLE LIMIT FOR “PRACTICALLY
FREE” WOULD BE – IN ALL CLASSES – TRACES OF FOREIGN MATTER. EXCESSIVE DUST,
SOILING OR VISIBLE CHEMICAL RESIDUES WOULD LEAD TO THE REJECTION OF THE
PRODUCE. o
NAME OF
ILLUSTRATION o
SOILED BEANS |
· CLEAN, PRACTICALLY FREE OF ANY VISIBLE FOREIGN
MATTER; o
BEANS MUST BE
PRACTICALLY FREE OF VISIBLE SOIL, DUST, CHEMICAL RESIDUE OR OTHER FOREIGN
MATTER. o
THE PRESENCE OF
VISIBLE FOREIGN MATTER CAN DETRACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION AND
ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRODUCE. THEREFORE, THE ACCEPTABLE LIMIT FOR “PRACTICALLY
FREE” WOULD BE – IN ALL CLASSES – TRACES OF FOREIGN MATTER. EXCESSIVE DUST,
SOILING OR VISIBLE CHEMICAL RESIDUES WOULD LEAD TO THE REJECTION OF THE
PRODUCE. o
NAME OF
ILLUSTRATION o
SOILED BEANS |
· FREE FROM PARCHMENT (HARD ENDODERM); DURING
DEVELOPMENT, THE INNER MEMBRANES OF THE PODS BECOME LIGNIFIED. CARE MUST BE
TAKEN, THAT PODS EVEN WITH THE BEGINNING OF THIS STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT
MARKETED. o
NAME OF
ILLUSTRATION o
PODS WITH
PARCHMENT |
· PRACTICALLY FREE FROM PESTS; THE PRESENCE OF
PESTS CAN DETRACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
PRODUCE. THEREFORE, THE ACCEPTABLE LIMIT FOR “PRACTICALLY FREE” WOULD BE – IN
ALL CLASSES – THE OCCASIONAL INSECT, MITE OR OTHER PEST; ANY COLONIES WOULD
LEAD TO THE REJECTION OF THE PRODUCE. |
· PRACTICALLY FREE FROM DAMAGE CAUSED BY PESTS;
PEST DAMAGE AFFECTING THE FLESH MAKES THE PRODUCE UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION. o
NAME OF
ILLUSTRATION o
MALFORMATION DUE
TO PESTS o
PEST DAMAGE |
·
FREE OF ABNORMAL
EXTERNAL MOISTURE; THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO EXCESSIVE MOISTURE, FOR EXAMPLE,
FREE WATER LYING INSIDE THE PACKAGE, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE CONDENSATION ON
PRODUCE FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM COOL STORAGE OR REFRIGERATED VEHICLE. |
·
FREE OF ANY FOREIGN
SMELL AND/OR TASTE. THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO PRODUCE STORED OR TRANSPORTED
UNDER POOR CONDITIONS, WHICH HAVE CONSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN THEIR ABSORBING
ABNORMAL SMELLS AND/OR TASTES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROXIMITY OF OTHER
PRODUCT WHICH GIVE OFF VOLATILE ODOURS. |
· THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITION OF THE BEANS MUST
BE SUCH AS TO ENABLE IT: o
TO WITHSTAND
TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING; o TO ARRIVE IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION AT THE PLACE
OF DESTINATION. |