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

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Quality, Grading, Packing and Marking of Tomatoes intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Methods of Inspection

16. Determination of percentage of quality factors other than too green tomatoes and size variations

 

Percentage quality factors other than too green tomatoes and size variations shall be determined as follows:

 

(a) Examine each tomato in the inspection sample concerned visually or if necessary, by handling it or cutting it.

 

(b) Determine in respect of each of the various quality factors the number of tomatoes in that inspection sample in which deviations occur.

 

(c) Express the number in respect of each quality factor thus determined as a percentage of the total number of tomatoes in that inspection sample, which percentage represents the extent to which tomatoes with the deviation concerned occur in the sample.