La Tulipe

Fresh Pomegranate

General

La Tulipe Pomegranates are good quality. They characteristics of the variety and/or commercial type. The following slight defects provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package.

Pomegranate

Specification:

• fresh in appearance.
• mature and solid in feel.
• clean, free from any visible foreign matter.
• free from pests affecting the general appearance of the produce;
• Pomegranates shall be free from mites or other parasites and moulds, and shall be practically free from dead insects, insect fragments and rodent contamination visible to the naked eye.
• free of damage caused by pests;
• free of cracking of skin, mechanical injury/rubbing, staining;
• free of abnormal external moisture excluding
• condensation following removal from cold storage;
• free of any foreign smell or taste; Pomegranates shall have an odour and taste characteristic of the variety. They shall be free from foreign odour and odour traces coming from abnormal fermented pomegranates
• free of any pronounced blemishes;
• sound and clean; pomegranates affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded. Annex C contains some characteristic compositional data.

Provisions concerning sizing:

Size is determined by the weight or maximum diameter of the equatorial section of the fruit, in accordance with the following table: