fresh in appearance; clean, properly drained if washed.
free from visible foreign matter, abnormal external moisture, foreign smell/taste, damage caused by pests and produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded.
fee from wilting or yellow laves (dehydrated senescent).
2. Variety……………..(to be filled by assayer) 3. Actual Picture of the lot…………( to be uploaded by assayer) 4. Criteria for Range designation
S.No.
Tradable parameters
Range-1
Range-2
Range-3
A
Essential
i
Defects% by weight (Max):-(i) Discolouration/ black leaves
3%
5%
7%
(ii) Damaged leaves: cracks, bruises, holes or tears, split leaves
3%
5%
7%
ii
Range Acceptance
95 %
90 %
85 %
iii
Bunch stem length (in mm)
200
200-500
More than 250
B
Optional (Industrial/Processors)
iv
Pre-packed produce stem length (in mm)
75-100
100-150
more than 150
v
Color (%) (Characteristic true to the variety) Scale (1 to 100*) /Visual (*100% is true to variety colour)
More than 70
Between 40-70
Less than 40
5. Sampling:
5 % or minimum one packing unit shall be randomly selected for sampling.
100 g shall be drawn from each selected packing unit and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
200 g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample
