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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Grading, Packing and Marking of Peaches and Nectarines intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Tables

Table 2 : Maximum Permissible Deviations by Number

 

Maximum permissible deviations allowable by number per container are as follows:

 

Quality factors

Class 1

Class 2

Lowest Class
(a) Decay

 

2%

 

4%

 

10%

 
(b) Injuries

 

8%

 

12%

 

20%

 
(c) Torn-out stems

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(d) Visible chemical residues

 

2%

 

4%

 

6%

 
(e) Bruises, skin cracks, cavities in the flesh and around the stone or unspecified progressive defects

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(f) Woolly fruit, cold damage

 

0%

 

4%

 

12%

 
(g) Discoloured tip

 

10%

 

15%

 

25%

 
(h) Unripe

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(i) Blemishes, Western flower thrip damage (silvering), hail marks, malformation appearance, foreign matter (leaves and spurs, unattached stems in containers, dust deposits and others) plant-seeds, individually

 

10%

 

15%

 

25%

 
(j) Visible split stones

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(k) Slip skin

 

8%

 

12%

 

20%

 
(l) Deviations from packing requirements

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(m) Minimum diameter (too small)

 

10%

 

15%

 

-

 
(n) Deviations in items (b) ,(c) and (e) of this table collectively: Provided that such deviations are individually within the specified limits

 

10%

 

15%

 

25%

 
(o) Deviations in items (i) , (j) and (k) of this table, including unspecified defects, collectively: Provided that such deviations are individually within the specified limits

15%

 

20%

 

30%

 

NOTE:

- No specification