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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	The mango must be held firmly with one hand.

(2)	Cut the mango through the equatorial axis (through the seed) with a suitable knife or guillotine. (Note: In the case of the cultivar Isis, an equatorial cut must be made between the stem-end and the pip.)

(3)	Then using the above-mentioned knife or guillotine, make a polar cut on the ripest side of any half of the fruit, perpendicularly through the flesh, 50 percent between the skin and pip.

(4)	Determine if each of the mangoes comply with the prescribed minimum colour requirements for the cultivar concerned, as set out in Table 5, by using the Mango colour chart.

(5)	Exclude fruit that show signs of spontaneous ripening (internal softening) and physiological disorders (jelly pip, pip germination and split pip) from each sample.

Table 5 : Maturity Requirements

Cultivars	Colour requirements for Class 1 and Class 2
Sensation	0.1: on 33% of flesh between pip and skin on the ripest side of the fruit, shall be of a pale yellow colour as depicted in the Mango colour chart. Provided that 25% of the fruit in the inspection sample may display less than 33% internal flesh discoloration. Provided further that a pale yellow colour as depicted in the colour chart is visible around the pip.
Heidi	0.1: on 50% of flesh between pip and skin on the ripest side of the fruit, shall be of a slight yellow colour as depicted in the Mango colour chart.
Isis	0.1: on flesh at stem end the fruit flesh shall display a slight yellow colouring when a cut is made through the stem end of the fruit.
All other cultivars	0.3: on 50% of flesh between pip and skin on the ripest side of the fruit, shall be of a pale yellow colour as depicted in the Mango colour chart. Provided that no softening is present.

Table 6 : Quality Standards

Quality defect

Class 1

Class 2

Lowest Class

Sap burn

Light streaks may appear

Concentrated dark streaks may appear: Provided that it does not affect the general appearance of the fruit

2.	Jelly seed

A surface area of 15 per cent jelly seed development of the flesh around the pip is permissible

A surface area of 20 per cent jelly seed development of the flesh around the pip is permissible

Table 7 : Maximum Permissible Deviations by Number

Quality defect

Class 1

Class 2

Sap burn

10%

20%

2.	Jelly seed

10%

20%