UNIFORMITY

·       THE CONTENTS OF EACH PACKAGE MUST BE UNIFORM AND CONTAIN ONLY BUNCHES OF THE SAME ORIGIN, VARIETY, QUALITY AND DEGREE OF RIPENESS.

·       IN THE CASE OF THE «EXTRA» CLASS, THE BUNCHES MUST BE OF MORE OR LESS IDENTICAL SIZE AND COLOURING.

·       IN “EXTRA” CLASS, ALL BUNCHES IN A PACKAGE MUST BE – WITH RESPECT TO THE VARIETY – INDIVIDUALLY UNIFORM AS TO SIZE AND COLOUR AND THERE SHOULD BE NO VARIATION BETWEEN THE BUNCHES.

·       IN THE CASE OF TABLE GRAPES PACKED IN SMALL CONSUMER PACKAGES OF A NET WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING ONE KILOGRAM, UNIFORMITY OF VARIETY AND ORIGIN IS NOT REQUIRED.

·       THE INCLUSION IN EACH PACKAGE OF BUNCHES OF DIFFERENT COLOURS FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES SHALL BE ALLOWED IN THE CASE OF THE VARIETY CHASSELAS.

·       THE VARIETY CHASSELAS EXISTS WITH WHITE SKIN AND WITH RED SKIN. IT IS ALLOWED TO PRESENT THESE TWO COLOUR TYPES OF THIS VARIETY IN ONE PACKAGE. THE NET WEIGHT OF THE PACKAGE MAY BE ABOVE 1 KG. IT IS NEITHER ALLOWED TO PRESENT WHITE CHASSELAS WITH A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF RED OR BLACK COLOUR NOR TO PRESENT RED CHASSELAS WITH A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF WHITE OR BLACK COLOUR IN SUCH PACKAGES.

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

·       A SPECIAL EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO SUPPRESS CAMOUFLAGE, I.E. CONCEALING IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE PACKAGE PRODUCE INFERIOR IN QUALITY AND SIZE TO THAT DISPLAYED AND MARKED.

·       SIMILARLY PROHIBITED IS ANY PACKAGING METHOD OR PRACTICE INTENDED TO GIVE A DECEPTIVELY SUPERIOR APPEARANCE TO THE TOP LAYER OF THE CONSIGNMENT.

PACKAGING

·       THE TABLE GRAPES MUST BE PACKED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROTECT THE PRODUCE PROPERLY.

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

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

·       THIS PROVISION IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE SUITABLE PROTECTION OF THE PRODUCE BY MEANS OF MATERIALS INSIDE THE PACKAGE WHICH ARE NEW AND CLEAN AND ALSO TO PREVENT FOREIGN MATTER SUCH AS LEAVES, SAND OR SOIL FROM SPOILING ITS GOOD PRESENTATION.

·       STICKERS INDIVIDUALLY AFFIXED ON THE PRODUCE SHALL BE SUCH THAT, WHEN REMOVED, NEITHER LEAVES VISIBLE TRACES OF GLUE, NOR LEAD TO SKIN DEFECTS.

·       PACKAGES MUST BE FREE OF ALL FOREIGN MATTER, ALTHOUGH A FRAGMENT OF VINE SHOOT NO MORE THAN 5 CM IN LENGTH MAY BE LEFT ON THE STEM OF THE BUNCH AS A FORM OF SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

·       A VISIBLE LACK OF CLEANLINESS IN SEVERAL PACKAGES COULD RESULT IN THE GOODS BEING REJECTED.

PRESENTATION

·       IN THE CASE OF THE “EXTRA” CLASS, THE BUNCHES MUST BE PACKED IN A SINGLE LAYER.

·       THE TABLE GRAPES MUST BE PRESENTED EITHER:

o   IN SALES PACKAGES

o   IN BUNCHES ARRANGED IN THE PACKAGE