62Maximum permissible defect levels for apricots, nectarines and peaches

62 Maximum permissible defect levels for apricots, nectarines and peaches

62.1 Immediate containers of dried apricots, dried nectarines or dried peaches shall not contain any defects other than those specified in the following table, which levels shall not exceed:

(a) in the case of fancy, choice or standard grades and dried slabs:

(i) any single defect limit;

(ii) the total major defects limit;

(iii) the combined total of major and minor defects; and

(b) in the case of manufacturing grade:

(i) any single defect limit; or

(ii) the total major defect limit; or

(iii) the combined total of major and minor defects.

62.2 In subclause 62.3, ‘Column 2’ means:

(a) for Fancy grade dried fruit, other than medium sized, Part 1 of Column 2;

(b) for medium sized Fancy grade dried fruit, Part 2 of Column 2;

(c) for Choice grade dried fruit, Part 3 of Column 2;

(d) for Standard grade dried fruit, Part 4 of Column 2;

(e) for Slabs grade dried fruit, Part 5 of Column 2;

(f) for Manufacturing grade dried fruit, Part 6 of Column 2.

62.3 In the case of an immediate container of dried apricots, dried nectarines or dried peaches:

(a) no fruit in the container shall have a defect which is not listed in Column 1 of the table below;

(b) the number of fruit in the container which have a defect listed in Column 1 of the table shall not exceed the Total Defect Limit specified in Column 2, adjacent to the words ‘Total Defect Limit’;

(c) the number of fruit in the container which have a Major Defect listed in Part 1 of Column 1 of the table shall not exceed the Major Defect Limit specified in Column 2, adjacent to the words ‘Major Defect Limit’; and

(d) the number of fruit in the container which have a particular defect listed in Column 1 of the table shall not exceed the Defect Limit specified in Column 2, adjacent to that particular defect.

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