Grade Designation | Moisture, percent by mass (Maximum) | Pieces of stem/kg.
(Maximum) | Cap-Stem/500 gram
(Maximum) | Immature raisin, percent by weight. (Maximum) | Damaged raisins, percent by weight. (Maximum) | Sugared raisins, percent by weight. (Maximum) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
Special | 13.0 | Absent | 20 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
Standard | 14.0 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
General | 15.0 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
- be free from extraneous matter such as stones, dirt, clay,
- be free from any foreign taste, odour and evidence of fermentation;
- have pleasant taste and flavour;
- be free from living insects, dead insects, insect fragments, mites, rodent contamination and mould growth;
- be free from any added colouring matter and shall have uniform colour;
- be properly cleaned and washed;
- be stemmed except for the form of cluster raisins;