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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 (Shaddocks) --

"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 species 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 Table1 of Annexure A.

(b) The number of scale per fruit shall not exceed the applicable limits set out in Table 3a of Annexure A.

(c) The number of mature seeds per fruit shall not exceed the applicable 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.

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(e) The fruit shall comply with the diameter requirements set out in Table 3a of Annexure A, with the exception of FE1 (Jackson): Provided that no grapefruit shall be smaller than 75 mm, no FE1 (Jackson) shall be smaller than 68 mm in diameter, and no pummelos (Shaddocks) shall be smaller than 110 mm in diameter. For FE1 (Jackson), the diameter requirements for oranges shall be used as set out in Table 3b of Annexure A.

(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 Table1 or Table 2 of Annexure A.

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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 out / As set out in item 5 of Table 2

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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 paragraph (a) above and item 1 of this table collectively: Provided / 0% / 3%
that such deviations shall individually be within the specified limits
(e) Deviations specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above and item 1 of this table collectively: / 2% / 5%

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Provided that such deviations shall individually be with-in the specified limits
3. Greening disease / 0% / 2,5%
4. Superficial black fungus growth on scale residues / 0% / 2,5%
5. Frost damage, granulation and drying out
(a) Major granulation: Provided that if any consignment exceeds 2% major granulation, a higher internal quality shall apply by increasing the minimum TSS by 0,5% / 0% / (i) 2% if major and minor granulation combined exceed 25%
(ii) 5% if major and minor granulation combined do not exceed 25%
(b) Minor frost damage, minor granulation and drying out: Provided that no major granulation is present / Permissible / Permissible
6. Arthropoda infestation
Occurrence of scale: No fruit shall contain more than twice the permitted number of scale per fruit with the exception of a tolerance of two fruit per consignment or 0,4% of the fruit / 5% / 10%
fruit examined, whichver is the greater: Proided that the percentage of fruit with scale

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in excess of the number permitted per fruit, for the diameter concerned, does not exceed 2%
7. (a) Blemishes, dirty fruit, wilt, shrivelling, skin defects (skinburn, sunburn with dry-ing out of flavedo and albedo, rough, coarse, thick, ribbed or ridged, creasing, other / Extra Class / Class 1 / Class 2
5% / 12% / 20%
types of skin damage excluding injuries), malformation, bruises resulting in a soft flesh structure, underdeveloped or out of season, overripeness, hailmarks and foreign matter
7. (b) Oleocellosis and progressive defects including but not limited to stem end browning, rind pitting, rind breakdown and anthracnose / 0% / 5% / 5%
8. Too small flesh diameter in the case of grapefruit / Extra Class / Class 1 and Class 2
5% / 5%
9. Long stems / 4% / 4%
10. Absence of buttons / - / -

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11. (a) Deviations from requirements for containers and packing requirements prescribed in items 5 and 6 / 5% / 10%
(b) Incorrectly sealed flaps (excluding loose flaps) / 5% / 5%
(c) Loose flaps / Not permissible / Not permissible
12. Minimum diameter and uniformity in size
(a) Minimum diameter (too small) / 10% / 10%
(b) Lack of uniformity in size in the same container / 10% / 10%
13. Deviations from marking requirements as prescribed in item 8, excluding date codes / Two containers per consignment / Two containers per consignment
14. Unpunched out ventilation holes / 4% / 4%
15. Absence of date codes / 25% / 25%
16. (a) Deviations not specified in items 1 to 7 of this table collectively, that affect the exterior appearance / 5% / 12%

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(b) Deviations specified in paragraph (a) above and items 1 to 7 of this table collectively, that influence the external appearance: Provided that such deviations shall be individually within the specified limits: Provided further that the deviation / Extra Class / Class 1 / Class 2
5% / 12% / 20%
for creasing for Class 2 not be included in this collective 20%

NOTE:

- No specification

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TABLE 3a

SIZE REFERENCES, DIAMETER REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS FOR SCALE

Kind of fruit / Size reference / Diameter (mm) / Maximum number of scale
(all types collectively)
per fruit - (All classes)
Grapefruit / 1 / 109 - 139 / 14
2 / 100 - 119 / 13
3 / 93 - 110 / 12
4 / 88 - 102 / 11
5 / 84 - 97 / 10
6 / 81 - 93 / 9
7 / 77 - 89 / 9
8 / 75 - 85 / 8
9 / 75 - 80 / 8
Pummelos
(Shaddocks) / 1 / 156 - 170 / 19
2 / 148 - 162 / 18
3 / 140 - 154 / 17
4 / 132 - 146 / 16
5 / 123 - 138 / 15
6 / 116 - 129 / 14
7 / 110 - 118 / 13

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TABLE 3b

SIZE REFERENCES AND DIAMETER REQUIREMENTS - FE1 (JACKSON)

Kind of fruit / Size reference / Diameter (mm) / Count (A15C)
FE1 (Jackson) / 0 / 92 - 100 / 32
1 / 87 - 100 / 36
2 / 84 - 96 / 40
3 / 81 - 92 / 40
4 / 77 - 88 / 56
5 / 73 - 84 / 64
6 / 70 - 80 / 72
7 / 67 - 76 / 88

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TABLE 4

LIMITS FOR SEED CONTENT

Kind of fruit / Cultivar / Maximum average number
of mature seeds per fruit
in a working sample of
12 fruit
All Classes
Grapefruit / (a) Star Ruby / 5
(b) Cultivars not mentioned above / 9
Pummelos (Shaddocks) / All cultivars / 9

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TABLE 5

FLESH DIAMETER - GRAPEFRUIT

Fruit diameter / Minimum flesh diameter
All cultivars
75 / 59
76 / 59
77 / 60
78 / 61
79 / 61
80 / 62
81 / 63
82 / 63
83 / 64
84 / 64
85 / 65
86 / 66
87 / 67
88 / 67
89 / 68
90 / 69
91 / 70
92 / 70
93 / 71
94 / 72
95 / 72

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96 / 73
97 / 74
98 / 74
99 / 75
100 / 76
101 / 77
102 / 77
103 / 78
104 / 79
105 / 80
106 / 80
107 / 81
108 / 82
109 / 83
110 / 83
111 / 83
112 / 84
113 / 85
114 / 85
115 / 86
116 / 87
117 / 88
118 / 88

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119 / 89
120 / 90
121 / 90
122 / 91
123 / 91
124 / 91
125 / 92
126 / 92
127 / 92
128 / 93
129 / 93
130 / 93
131 / 93
132 / 93
133 / 94
134 / 94
135 / 95
136 / 96
137 / 96
138 / 97
139 / 98

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