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AT ALL MARKETING
STAGES, TOLERANCES IN RESPECT OF QUALITY AND SIZE SHALL BE ALLOWED IN EACH
LOT FOR PRODUCE NOT SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLASS INDICATED. |
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TOLERANCES ARE
PROVIDED TO ALLOW FOR DEVIATION IN HANDLING AND FOR NATURAL DETERIORATION OF FRESH
PRODUCE OVER TIME. |
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CONFORMITY WITH
TOLERANCES SHOULD BE DETERMINED USING AT LEAST THE OPERATING RULES FOR THE
CONFORMITY CHECKS AS SET OUT IN ANNEX II TO THE COUNCIL DECISION REVISING THE
OECD “SCHEME“ FOR THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES. |
QUALITY
TOLERANCES |
CLASS
I · A
TOTAL TOLERANCE OF 10 PER CENT, BY NUMBER, OF PRODUCE NOT SATISFYING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLASS BUT MEETING THOSE OF CLASS II IS ALLOWED. WITHIN
THIS TOLERANCE NOT MORE THAN 1 PER CENT IN TOTAL MAY CONSIST OF PRODUCE
SATISFYING NEITHER THE REQUIREMENTS OF CLASS II QUALITY NOR THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS, OR OF PRODUCE AFFECTED BY DECAY. · THE
10 PER CENT TOLERANCE COVERS ALL SHAPE, SKIN AND COLOUR DEFECTS, AS WELL AS
BRUISING, ALLOWED IN CLASS II. THE 1 PER CENT TOLERANCE COVERS ALL DEFECTS
NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS ANY DEFECT RENDERING THE
PRODUCE UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION (DECAY). |
CLASS
II · A
TOTAL TOLERANCE OF 10 PER CENT, BY NUMBER, OF PRODUCE SATISFYING NEITHER THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLASS NOR THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IS ALLOWED. WITHIN
THIS TOLERANCE NOT MORE THAN 2 PER CENT IN TOTAL MAY CONSIST OF PRODUCE
AFFECTED BY DECAY. · THE
10 PER CENT TOLERANCE COVERS ALL MALFORMATIONS, SERIOUS SKIN AND COLOUR
DEFECTS, AS WELL AS DEFECTS NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BUT NOT
AFFECTING EDIBILITY, SUCH AS SLIGHT DAMAGE, SOILING, LACK OF FRESHNESS. THE 2
PER CENT TOLERANCE FOR DECAY COVERS ANY DEFECT RENDERING THE PRODUCE UNFIT
FOR CONSUMPTION. |
SIZE
TOLERANCES |
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FOR ALL CLASSES: A
TOTAL TOLERANCE OF 10 PER CENT, BY NUMBER, OF PRODUCE NOT SATISFYING THE
REQUIREMENTS AS REGARDS SIZING IS ALLOWED. |
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THIS MEANS IN
RELATION TO THE 3RD POSSIBILITY MENTIONED IN THE EXAMPLE SPECIFIED IN SECTION
III: 10 PER CENT OF UNITS MAY DEVIATE FROM THE ESTABLISHED SIZE RANGE UP TO
10 PER CENT, I.E. THESE 10 PER CENT MAY WEIGH UP TO 15 G LESS THAN 150 G OR
UP TO 25 G MORE THAN 250 G. TWO UNITS ARE WEIGHING 10 G LESS THAN 150 G, I.E.
THE SIZE TOLERANCE IS COMPLIED WITH. |