PROVISIONS CONCERNING PRESENTATION

UNIFORMITY

·       THE CONTENTS OF EACH PACKAGE MUST BE UNIFORM AND CONTAIN ONLY BROCCOLI OF THE SAME ORIGIN, VARIETY OR COMMERCIAL TYPE, QUALITY AND SIZE (IF SIZED).

·       BROCCOLI IN CLASS I MUST BE UNIFORM IN COLOURING.

·       HOWEVER, A MIXTURE OF BROCCOLI OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT COLOURS MAY BE PACKED TOGETHER IN A PACKAGE, PROVIDED THEY ARE UNIFORM IN QUALITY AND, FOR EACH COLOUR CONCERNED, IN ORIGIN.

·       MINIATURE BROCCOLI MUST BE REASONABLY UNIFORM IN SIZE. THEY MAY BE MIXED WITH OTHER MINIATURE PRODUCTS OF A DIFFERENT SPECIES AND ORIGIN.

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

·       PRESENTATION SHOULD NOT BE MISLEADING, I.E. CONCEALING IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE PACKAGE PRODUCE INFERIOR IN QUALITY AND SIZE TO THAT DISPLAYED AND MARKED.

Ø NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

Ø CAMOUFLAGED PACKAGE; NOT ALLOWED

Ø CAMOUFLAGED, CLOSED PRE-PACK; NOT ALLOWED

Ø CAMOUFLAGED, OPEN PRE-PACK (CONTENT OF PRE-PACK); NOT ALLOWED

PACKAGING

·       BROCCOLI MUST BE PACKED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROTECT THE PRODUCE PROPERLY. PACKAGES MUST BE OF A QUALITY, STRENGTH AND CHARACTERISTIC TO PROTECT THE PRODUCE DURING TRANSPORT AND HANDLING.

Ø NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

Ø CAREFUL PRESENTATION – CLASS I

Ø SUITABLE PRESENTATION – CLASS II

Ø VERTICAL PRESENTATION

Ø VERTICAL PRESENTATION WITH SOME HEADS UPSIDE DOWN

Ø HORIZONTAL PRESENTATION

Ø VERTICAL PRESENTATION WITH SOME HEADS PLACED HORIZONTALLY

Ø BROCCOLI WRAPPED IN PLASTIC FILM

Ø FOODTAINER PHOTO

Ø BUNCHES OF BROCCOLI

·       WHERE CRUSHED ICE IS USED, CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THE HEADS DO NOT LIE IN MELTED WATER.

·       IRRESPECTIVE OF THE METHOD OF PRESENTATION, CRUSHED ICE CAN BE USED AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE KEEPING QUALITY. TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEADS, CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE HEADS DO NOT LIE IN MELTED WATER.

Ø NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

Ø BROCCOLI PACKED WITH CRUSHED ICE

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

·       PACKAGES MUST BE FREE OF ALL FOREIGN MATTER.

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