Article 3

United Kingdom

Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice must be manufactured in one of the styles defined in paragraph 2.

For the purpose of this Regulation the styles are defined as follows:

(a)

‘whole fruit’ means the whole fruit, with core and with or without stalk;

(b)

‘halves’ means the cored fruit cut into two approximately equal parts;

(c)

‘quarters’ means the cored fruit cut into four approximately equal parts;

(d)

‘slices’ means the cored fruit cut into more than four wedge-shaped parts;

(e)

‘dice’ means the cored fruit cut into regular cube-like parts.

Each container with pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice shall contain only one style, and the fruit or pieces thereof shall be practically uniform in size. No other type of fruit may be found in the container.

The colour of pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice shall be characteristic for the variety Williams or Rocha. A slightly pink discoloration shall not be considered a defect. Pears containing special ingredients shall be considered to be of characteristic colour if there is no abnormal discoloration for the ingredients used.

Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice shall be free of foreign materials of non-vegetable origin and from foreign flavours and odours. The fruit shall be fleshy and may be variable in tenderness but shall be neither excessively soft nor excessively firm.

Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice shall be practically free from:

(a)

foreign materials of vegetable origin;

(b)

peel;

(c)

blemished units.

Whole fruits, halves and quarters shall also be practically free from mechanically damaged units.