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Part 2 Grapefruit and Pummelos (Shaddocks) ____________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 32 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-9 PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT AND PUMMELOS (SHADDOCKS) 11. The standards and requirements for grapefruit and pummelos (Shaddocks), excluding grapefruit and pummelos (Shaddocks) for "For Processing Purposes Only", are as follows: Definitions (1) Where specifically used with regard to grapefruit and pummelos (Shad- docks) -- "grapefruit" means the fruit of the cultivars which are grown from the species Citrus paradisi (Macf.) and its hybrids; "pummelos (Shaddocks)" means the fruit of the cultivars which are grown from the spe- cies Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck; and "sheepnose" means a pronounced neck at the stem end of the fruit, resulting in a pear- shaped fruit. QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS Classes (2) There are three classes of grapefruit and pummelos (Shaddocks), namely "Extra Class", "Class 1" and "Class 2". Specifications (3) (a) The classes mentioned in subitem (2) shall comply with the quality and food safety standards set out in Table 1 of Annexure A. (b) The number of scale per fruit shall not exceed the applicable limits set out in Table 3 of Annexure A. (c) The number of mature seeds per fruit shall not exceed the applica- ble limits set out in Table 4 of Annexure A. (d) The flesh diameter of the grapefruit shall be in accordance with the requirements set out in Table 5 of Annexure A. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ___________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 33 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-12 (e) The fruit shall comply with the diameter requirements set out in Table 5 of Annexure A: Provided that no grapefruit shall be smaller than 75 mm and no pummelos (Shaddocks) shall be smaller than 110 mm in diameter. (f) The minimum juice content for grapefruit shall be 40% and for pummelos (Shaddocks) be 35% (Oroblanco packed as grapefruit 35%). (g) The minimum °Brix content for grapefruit shall be 7, 0°B (Oroblanco packed as grapefruit 9°B). (h) The minimum ratio between sugar to acid content shall be as follows: (i) Grapefruit 5,5:1; (ii) Pummelos (Shaddocks) 9,0:1; (iii) Oroblanco (Packed as Grapefruit) 9,0:1. (i) The minimum °Brix content for Pummelos (Shaddocks) shall be 9,0°. Unspecified defects (4) For the purpose of this subitem "unspecified defects" means any quality factor which detrimentally affects the quality of the grapefruit or pummelos (Shaddocks) and which is not mentioned in Table 1 or Table 2 of Annexure A. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ___________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 34 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-12 ANNEXURE A TABLE 1 QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS Quality factor Extra Class, Class 1 and Class 2 1 2 1. (a) Underdeveloped or out of season Shall not occur (b) Overmaturity (too soft) Shall not occur (c) Internal quality requirements As set out in subitem (3)(f) (d) Seeds per fruit/ As set out in Table 4/ 2. External blemishes Extra Class Class 1 and Class 2 Shall not occur As depicted in Annexure H 3. Colour (a) Grapefruit As depicted in Annexure H (b) Pummelos (Shaddocks) No maximum standard for green colour 4. Sheepnose As depicted in Annexure H 5. Foreign matter As determined by the Executive Officer 6. Frost damage, granulation and drying As set out in item 5 of Table 2 out _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ____________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 35 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-13 TABLE 2 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DEVIATIONS BY NUMBER Quality factor Extra Class Class 1 and Class 2 1 2 3 1. Decay Shall not occur 1,5%: Provided that not more than one container or 10% of the containers in a sample, whichever is the greatest, contain not more than 5% of such fruit per container:Provide further that no sour or Brown rot are allowed. 2. Factors which may cause decay (a) (i) Major injuries 0% (a) First inspection: 1% (b) Second/fruit age inspection: 2% (ii) Water saturation 0% 2% (b) Minor injuries 2% 4% (c) Skin weakness 2% 5% (d) Deviations specified in 0% 3% paragraph (a) above and item 1 of this table collec- tively: Provided that such deviations shall individually be within the specified limits (e) Deviations specified in 2% 5% paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above and item 1 of this table collectively: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ____________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 36 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-8 Provided that such deviations shall individually be with- in the specified limits 3. Greening disease 0% 2,5% 4. Superficial black fungus 0% 2,5% growth on scale residues 5. Frost damage, gra- nulation and drying out (a) Major granulation: 0% (i) 2% if major and Provided that if any minor granulation consignment exceeds combined exceed 2% major granulation, a 25% higher internal quality shall apply by (ii) 5% if major and increasing the minimum minor granulation TSS by 0,5% combined do not exceed 25% (b) Minor frost damage, Permissible Permissible minor granulation and drying out: Provided that no major gra- nulation is present 6. Arthropoda infestation Occurrence of scale: 5% 10% No fruit shall contain more than twice the permitted number of scale per fruit with the exception of a tolerance of two fruit per consign- ment or 0,4% of the fruit fruit examined, which- ver is the greater: Pro- ided that the percen- tage of fruit with scale _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ____________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 37 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-13 in excess of the number permitted per fruit, for the diameter con- cerned, does not exceed 2% Extra Class Class 1 Class 2 7. (a) Blemishes, dirty 5% 12% 20% fruit, wilt, shrivelling, skin defects (skinburn, sunburn with dry-ing out of flavedo and albedo, rough, coarse, thick, ribbed or ridged, creasing, other types of skin damage excluding injuries), malformation, bruises resulting in a soft flesh structure, underde- veloped or out of season, overripeness, hailmarks and foreign matter 7. (b) Oleocellosis and 0% 5% 5% progressive defects including but not limited to stem end browning, rind pitting, rind breakdown and anthracnose Extra Class Class 1 and Class 2 8. Too small flesh dia- 5% 5% meter in the case of grapefruit 9. Long stems 4% 4% 10. Absence of buttons - - _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DIRECTORATE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE Private Bag X343, Pretoria, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 12 319 6512 Fax: +27 12 319 6265 Visit our website: www.daff.gov.za ____________________________________________________________________________________ EXPORT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS: PART 2 GRAPEFRUIT Page 38 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1999-12 11. (a) Deviations from 5% 10% requirements for containers and packing requi- rements prescribed in items 5 and 6 (b) Incorrectly sealed 5% 5% flaps (excluding loose flaps) (c) Loose flaps Not permissible Not permissible 12. Minimum diameter and uniformity in size (a) Minimum diameter 10% 10% (too small) (b) Lack of uniformity in 10% 10% size in the same container 13. Deviations from Two containers per consign- Two containers per marking requirements ment consignment as prescribed in item 8, excluding date codes 14. Unpunched out venti- 4% 4% lation holes 15. Absence of date codes 25% 25% 16. (a) Deviations not spe- 5% 12% cified in items 1 to 7 of this table collec- tively, that affect the exterior appearance _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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