PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKING

·       EACH PACKAGE2 MUST BEAR THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS, IN LETTERS GROUPED ON THE SAME SIDE, LEGIBLY AND INDELIBLY MARKED, AND VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE.  MARKING CAN BE DONE EITHER ON A LABEL ATTACHED TO OR PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE WITH WATER-INSOLUBLE INK.

·       FOR CARROTS TRANSPORTED IN BULK (DIRECT LOADING INTO A TRANSPORT VEHICLE OR VEHICLE COMPARTMENT), THESE PARTICULARS MUST APPEAR ON A DOCUMENT ACCOMPANYING THE GOODS, AND BE ATTACHED IN A VISIBLE POSITION INSIDE THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE. IN THE CASE OF REUSED PACKAGES, ALL PREVIOUS LABELS MUST BE CAREFULLY REMOVED AND PREVIOUS INDICATIONS DELETED.

IDENTIFICATION

·       PACKER NAME AND ADDRESS OR AND/OR OFFICIALLY ISSUED OR DISPATCHER ACCEPTED CODE MARK.3

·       FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES, THE PACKER IS THE PERSON OR FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PACKAGING OF THE PRODUCE (THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE STAFF WHO 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 SHIPPER MAY, HOWEVER, VOLUNTARILY OR COMPULSORILY, ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES, IN WHICH CASE IDENTIFICATION OF THE “PACKER” AS DEFINED ABOVE IS NO LONGER NECESSARY

NATURE OF PRODUCE

·       “BUNCHED CARROTS” OR “CARROTS” IF THE CONTENTS ARE

·       “EARLY CARROTS” OR “MAIN-CROP CARROTS” ARE NOT VISIBLE

·       NAME OF THE VARIETY OR THE VARIETAL TYPE FOR “EXTRA” CLASS FROM THE OUTSIDE

ORIGIN OF PRODUCE

·       COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 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 CARROTS WERE GROWN (E.G. UNITED KINGDOM, SPAIN, USA). OPTIONALLY, DISTRICT OF ORIGIN IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL TERMS MAY ALSO BE SHOWN.

COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS

·       CLASS

·       SIZE EXPRESSED IN MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DIAMETER OR WEIGHT (OPTIONAL). IF THE CARROTS ARE SIZED, THE SIZE SHOULD BE STATED AS THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIZES PACKED.

·       NUMBER OF BUNCHES IN THE CASE OF BUNCHED CARROTS.

·       OFFICIAL CONTROL MARK (OPTIONAL)