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MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS |
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· IN ALL CLASSES, SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS
FOR EACH CLASS AND THE TOLERANCES ALLOWED, THE WATERMELONS MUST BE: · INTACT; § WATERMELONS MUST NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY
SPOILING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRODUCE, SUCH AS CUTS OR PUNCTURES OR OTHER
SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING GROWTH, HARVESTING OR POST
HARVEST HANDLING. · NAME OF ILLUSTRATION WATERMELONS § UNHEALED CUT § UNHEALED CRACK · SOUND; PRODUCE AFFECTED BY ROTTING OR
DETERIORATION SUCH AS TO MAKE IT UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION IS EXCLUDED; § WATERMELONS MUST BE FREE FROM DISEASE OR SERIOUS
DETERIORATION WHICH APPRECIABLY AFFECTS ITS APPEARANCE, EDIBILITY OR KEEPING
QUALITY. IN PARTICULAR, WATERMELONS AFFECTED BY ROTTING, EVEN IF THE SIGNS ARE
VERY SLIGHT BUT LIABLE TO MAKE THE PRODUCE UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION UPON ARRIVAL
AT ITS DESTINATION, ARE TO BE EXCLUDED. |
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· WATERMELONS SHOWING THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS ARE
THEREFORE EXCLUDED: o
NAME OF ILLUSTRATION § ROTTING § POWDERY MILDEW OF CUCURBITS |
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· CLEAN, PRACTICALLY FREE OF ANY VISIBLE FOREIGN
MATTER; o
WATERMELONS MUST BE
PRACTICALLY FREE OF VISIBLE SOIL, DUST, CHEMICAL RESIDUE OR OTHER FOREIGN
MATTER. |
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· NAME OF ILLUSTRATION WATERMELONS o
UNCLEAN |
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· PRACTICALLY FREE FROM PESTS; o
THE PRESENCE OF PESTS
CAN DETRACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
WATERMELONS. THEREFORE, THE ACCEPTABLE LIMIT WOULD BE THE ODD INSECT OR OTHER
PEST IN THE PACKAGE OR SAMPLE; ANY COLONIES WOULD LEAD TO THE REJECTION OF
THE PRODUCE. |
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· NAME OF ILLUSTRATION WATERMELONS o
INSECT DAMAGE |
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FREE
FROM DAMAGE CAUSED BY PESTS AFFECTING THE FLESH; PEST DAMAGE AFFECTING THE
FLESH MAKES THE PRODUCE UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION. PEST DAMAGE AFFECTING THE SKIN
IS ONLY COVERED BY THE SECTION ON CLASSIFICATION. |
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· NAME OF ILLUSTRATION WATERMELONS o
ANIMAL BYTE MARKS |
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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. LEAKAGE OF JUICE FROM OTHER FRUITS IS CONSIDERED AS EXCESSIVE
MOISTURE AND IT IS NOT ALLOWED. |
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· FREE OF FOREIGN SMELL AND/OR TASTE. o
THIS PROVISION APPLIES
TO WATERMELONS 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. |
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· THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITION OF THE WATERMELONS
MUST BE SUCH AS TO ENABLE THEM: o
TO WITHSTAND
TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING, o
TO ARRIVE IN
SATISFACTORY CONDITION AT THE PLACE OF DESTINATION. |
