tomatoes ian hewett horticultural marketing inspectorate united kingdom
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Tomatoes
Ian Hewett
Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate
United Kingdom
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Tomatoes
• This Standard applies to aubergines grown from Solanum lycopesicum to be supplied fresh to the consumer.
• Tomatoes for industrial being excluded.
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Tomatoes• Tomatoes may be classified into four
commercial types:
• "round",• "ribbed",• "oblong"
or "elongated",• "cherry" tomatoes
(including "cocktail" tomatoes).
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Tomatoes
• And be presented on the vine or loose:
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Minimum Requirements• Intact,• Sound, produce affected by rotting or deterioration
such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded,
Alternaria and Phytophthera
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Minimum Requirements• clean, practically free of any visible foreign
matter
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Minimum Requirements• practically free from pests,• free from damage caused by pests affecting the
flesh,
Tuta absoluta
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Minimum Requirements
• fresh in appearance,
• free of abnormal external moisture,
• free of any foreign smell and/or taste.
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Extra Class
• Superior quality• Firm and characteristic of the variety• Have only very slight superficial defects
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Skin Defects
• Class I - Slight skin defects
Class II - Skin defects allowed, provided the fruit is not seriously affected
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Skin Defects
• Skin defects seriously affecting the fruit• (the same fruit rotated)
• Not acceptable
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Skin Defects Botrytis Ghost spotting
Class I – up to two small spots
Class II – overall appearance not affected
Out of grade – overall appearance affected
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Skin Defects
• Class I Class II Out of grade
Stalk puncture
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Healed Cracks
• Class II Out of grade
Class I – None allowed
Class II - Healed cracks not more than 3cm in length for round, ribbed or oblong tomatoes
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Healed Cracks
• Fine cracking• Class II
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Healed Cracks
• Beef tomato• Healed crack limit 3cm• Class II
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Cracks
• Beef tomato• Out of grade - not healed
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Defects in colouring
Colour defects caused by virus:
Class II
Out of Grade
Pepino mosaic virus
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Sizing
• Size can be determined by the maximum diameter (or size code), by weight or by count.
• Sizing does not apply to trusses of tomatoes or to cherry tomatoes nor to Class II tomatoes.
• Uniformity requirements apply to tomatoes packed in the same package and a size code can be applied to if desired.
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Presentation• Uniformity - The ripeness and colouring in Extra Class
and Class I must be practically uniform
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Quality Tolerances
• Extra Class:
• 5% by number or weight not satisfying the requirements of the class but meeting those for Class I is allowed. Within this tolerance not more than 0.5% in total may consist of produce satisfying the requirements of Class II quality.
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Quality Tolerances
• Class I:
• 10% by number or weight not satisfying the requirements of the class but meeting those for Class II is allowed. Within this tolerance not more than 1% in total may consist of produce satisfying neither the requirements of Class II quality nor the minimum requirements or of produce affected by decay.
• For trusses of tomatoes 5% may be detached from the stalk.
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Quality Tolerances
• Class II:
• 10% by number or weight satisfying neither the requirements for the class nor the minimum requirements is allowed. Within this tolerance not more than 2% in total may consist of produce affected by decay.
• For trusses of tomatoes 10% may be detached from the stalk.
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Labelling
• Name/address of packer/dispatcher• ‘Tomatoes’, ‘Tomatoes on trusses’• ‘Cherry’ or ‘Cocktail’• Mixture of tomatoes • Country of origin• Class • Size min./max. diameter (if sized)