Origin Fruit Group Citrus Packing Protocol

HARVEST & SPECIFICATIONS

Quality scoring system QUALITY SCORING AND STORAGE SYSTEM | EVALUATION

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VERY POOR , meaning sample produce consistent decay and/or progressive de fects, >20% has ≤ 50 % combined defects, has firm, sensitive and soft fruit, has good to poor coloration for the variety, has fair ly uniform to irregular calibration, has brix levels within the specifications or lower for the variety. This produce must have a com bined defect score, incorporating all of the above, of ≤ 50 % with aggrevating circum stances. TOTAL LOSS , meaning sample produce has excessive decay, >30%, ≥ 40% cos metic defects, has fair to poor coloration for the variety, is comprised of primarily sen sitive to soft produce, has fairly uniform to irregular calibration, has brix levels within or lower than the required specifications. This produce has a combined defect score, in corporating all of the above, of ≥ 80%.

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Origin Fruit Group | Citrus Packing Guide