PROVISIONS CONCERNING SIZING

·       SIZE IS DETERMINED EITHER BY THE DIAMETER OF THE FLORAL STEM AT THE CUT END OR BY THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF THE HEAD.

·       IN DEALING WITH SIZING, THE STANDARD TAKES INTO ACCOUNT COMMON PRACTICE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING OF THIS PRODUCE, COVERING THE SALE OF EITHER THE MAIN HEADS OR THE SMALLER INDIVIDUAL FLORETS.

NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

SIZING BY DIAMETER OF THE FLORAL STEM

SIZING BY DIAMETER OF THE HEAD

THE MINIMUM SIZE SHALL BE:

·       8 MM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY DIAMETER OF THE FLORAL STEM;

·       2 CM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY THE DIAMETER OF THE HEAD AND PRESENTED PREPACKED OR BUNCHED;

·       6 CM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY THE DIAMETER OF THE HEAD.

·       GRADING BY STEM SIZE IS USED PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUAL FLORETS.

·       IN ANY CASE, THE RATIO BETWEEN THE DIAMETER OF THE HEAD AND THAT OF THE FLORAL STEM IN EACH PACKAGE MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 2:1.

·       THE MAXIMUM SIZE SHALL BE 20 CM IN HEIGHT.

·       THE HEIGHT IS MEASURED FROM THE BASE OF THE STEM TO THE UPPERMOST PART OF THE HEAD

NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

METHOD OF MEASURING THE HEIGHT

·       TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY IN SIZE, THE RANGE IN SIZE BETWEEN PRODUCE IN THE SAME PACKAGE SHALL NOT EXCEED:

o   20 MM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY DIAMETER OF THE FLORAL STEM;

o    4 CM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY THE DIAMETER OF THE HEAD IF THE SMALLEST HEAD HAS A DIAMETER OF LESS THAN 10 CM;

o   8 CM FOR BROCCOLI GRADED BY THE DIAMETER OF THE HEAD IF THE SMALLEST HEAD HAS A DIAMETER OF 10 CM OR MORE.

·       FOR ALL PREPACKED OR BUNCHED PRODUCE, UNIFORMITY OF SIZE IS NOT REQUIRED.

NAME OF ILLUSTRATION BROCCOLI

PRE-PACKED BROCCOLI

BUNCHED BROCCOLI

·       THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT APPLY TO MINIATURE PRODUCE1.