Article 6 F1
United Kingdom
The products shall be considered as complying with Article 5 (2) when the following tolerances for defects are not exceeded:
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blemishes: 35 cm 2 aggregate area;
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presence of peel (peeled tomatoes):
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whole style: 300 cm 2 aggregate area,
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non-whole: 1 250 cm 2 aggregate area;
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absence of peel (unpeeled tomatoes):
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whole style: 300 cm 2 aggregate area,
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non-whole: 1 250 cm 2 aggregate area.
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The tolerances fixed are per 10 kg net weight.
For the purposes of paragraph 1:
‘ blemishes ’ means areas into which lesions on the surface have penetrated and as a result thereof contrast strongly in colour or texture with the normal tomato tissue and should normally have been removed during processing;
‘ peel ’ means both peel adhering or not adhering to the tomato flesh and peel found loose in the container.