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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Grading, Packing and Marking of Canned and Pickled Vegetables intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part II : General Quality Standards for Canned and Pickled Vegetables

7. Quality standards for grades of canned and pickled vegetables

 

Subject to the provisions of regulation 6, canned and pickled vegetables shall comply with the quality standards for each grade as set out below:

 

(a) Extra Choice Grade, Choice Grade and Standard Grade canned and pickled vegetables shall comply with the specific quality standards for each type of canned and pickled vegetables as set out in Parts VII and VIII respectively.

 

(b) Sub-Standard Grade canned and picked vegetables shall comprise of vegetables that do not comply with the specific quality standards for Extra Choice Grade, Choice Grade and Standard Grade, as set out in Part VII and VIII, but which are still edible, normal in appearance and free from any foreign flavours and odours.

 

(c) Undergrade canned and pickled vegetables, which shall not be presented for sale, shall comprise of vegetables that do not comply with the quality standards for Extra Choice Grade, Choice Grade and Standard Grade, as set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, and are inedible due to the presence of harmful or aesthetically objectionable organisms and foreign matter or foreign matter or foreign flavours and  odours.