Article 4
United Kingdom
Fruit, or pieces thereof, shall be considered practically uniform in size when, in a container, the weight of the largest unit is not more than twice the weight of the smallest unit.
If there are less than 20 units in a container, one unit may be disregarded. When determining the largest and the smallest units, broken units shall not be taken into consideration.
Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice shall be considered as complying with Article 3(6) when the following tolerances are not exceeded:
| Style | ||
|---|---|---|
| Whole, halves and quarters | Other | |
| Blemished units | 15 % by number | 1,5 kilograms |
| Mechanically damaged units | 10 % by number | Not applicable |
| Peel | 100 cm2 aggregate area | 100 cm2 aggregate area |
| Foreign material of vegetable origin: | ||
| — Core material | 10 units | 10 units |
| — Loose pear seeds | 80 | 80 |
| — Other material, including loose core material | 60 pieces | 60 pieces |
The tolerances allowed, other than those fixed by reference to per cent by number, are per 10 kilograms drained net weight.
Cores shall not be considered as a defect in whole styles with core.
For the purposes of paragraph 2:
‘blemished units’ means fruit with discoloration on the surface or spots which definitely contrast with the overall colour and which may penetrate into the flesh, in particular bruises, scab and dark discoloration;
‘mechanically damaged units’ means units which have been severed into several parts, all of such parts that together equal the size of a full unit being considered as a single unit, or units where the trimming has been excessive and which show serious gouges on the surface of the units which substantially detract from the appearance;
‘peel’ means both peel adhering to pear flesh and peel found loose in the container;
‘foreign material of vegetable origin’ means vegetable materials which are irrelevant to the fruit itself or which have been attached to the fresh fruit but should have been removed during processing, in particular core material, pear seeds, stalks and leaves and pieces thereof. Peel shall, however, be excluded;
‘core material’ means the seed cell or parts thereof whether or not attached to the fruit, with or without seeds. Pieces of core are considered as equivalent to one unit when, having been aggregated, the pieces total approximately one half of a core;
‘loose pear seeds’ means seeds which are not included in core material but which are loose in the container.