Olympic CITRUS Packing Guide

QUALITY SCORING SYSTEM

The type of MINOR DEFECTS will determine the quality score of the fruit and how it can be marketed.

MINOR DEFECTS SUMMARY

QUALITY SCORE

DESCRIPTION

TOLERANCE

8 7 6 5 4 3

Extra Class I

2.5%

Normal Class I

7.5%

Borderline Class I

7.6% - 10.0%

Normal Class II

>10.0%

Borderline Class II

>20.0%

Industrial Grade

>30.0%

The type of MAJOR DEFECTS will determine storage advice and if fruit can be reworked to meet the required grade.

MAJOR DEFECTS SUMMARY

POINTS DEDUCTION PERCENTAGE OF DEFECTS

STORAGE ADVICE

-1

0.5% - 0.9%

Move

-2

1.0% - 1.9%

Move or Repack

-3

2.0% - 2.9%

REPACK

-4

>2.9%

REPACK OR REJECT

EXAMPLE: If sampled fruit has 4% minor defects (scoring a 7 normal class I), and a presence of 1.0% major defects, a total of 2 points will be deducted. THE SCORE would go down from 7 to 5 and the grade from NORMAL CLASS I TO NORMAL CLASS II.

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