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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

38. Sweet Corn

1. Definitions

 

(1) Where used specifically with regard to canned sweet corn

 

(a) "blemished kernel" means a kernel affected by a lesion due to insects or diseases, or of an abnormal colour (excluding grilled kernels);

 

(b) "Tom Kernel" means a sweet corn kernel to which a piece of cob or hard matter adheres; and

 

(c) "Silks" means a long, shiny, thread-like strands of plant material, weak fibres that grow as part of ears of sweet corn; the tuft or tassel of silky fibers that protrude from the tip of the ear of sweet corn.