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

Regulations

Grading, Packing and Marking of Canned and Pickled Vegetables intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part VII :  Specific Quality Standards for Canned Vegetables

26. Beans, Green

3. Styles and standards for styles

 

Canned green beans shall be presented as one of the following styles:

 

(a) Whole green beans: Shall consist of whole pods of any length.
(b) French style or shoestring green beans: Shall consist of majority of pods sliced lengthwise or at an angle of 450 or less to the longitudinal axis, and has a thickness of no more then 6.5 mm.
(c) Green bean cuts or broken green bean cuts: Shall consist of transversely cut pods not less than 13mm and not more than 50mm in length which may contain shorter end pieces resulting from cutting.
(d) Short green bean cuts: Shall consist of pieces of pods cut transversely of which 75 percent or, by number, are less than 20mm in length.
(e) Diagonal green bean cuts: Shall consist of pods cut at an angle of approximately 450 to the longitudinal axis.