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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 DUE TO 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 o
A TOTAL TOLERANCE OF 10 PER CENT, BY NUMBER OR
WEIGHT, OF MELONS 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. o
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 FOR DECAY COVERS ALL DEFECTS NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
AS WELL AS ANY DEFECT RENDERING THE PRODUCE UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION. |
· CLASS
II o
A TOTAL TOLERANCE OF 10 PER CENT, BY NUMBER OR
WEIGHT, OF MELONS 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. o
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
ALL DEFECTS NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS 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 OR WEIGHT, OF MELONS NOT SATISFYING
THE REQUIREMENTS AS REGARDS SIZING IS ALLOWED. |