Origin Fruit Group Mango Packing Protocol

PREREQUISITE SPECIFICATIONS

Quality assessment

CHARACTERISTICS AND DEFECTS

The quality attributes of mangoes are categorized into characteristics, field defects, harvest and post-harvest defects (both external and internal), and quarantine defects. For field, harvest, and post-harvest defects, we use the following classifications: COMMON DEFECTS : These are defects that appear in most mango seasons. LESS COMMON DEFECTS : These occur occasionally and typically do not affect the fruit’s soundness but may impact its external or internal appearance. Severe cases can downgrade the fruit to class 2 or processing during sorting in the packhouse.

CHARACTERISTICS • Blush at harvest • Skin colour • Fruit firmness • Fruit size

HARVEST AND POST- HARVEST DEFECTS • Body rots

INTERNAL DISORDERS • Stem end cavity

• Jelly seed • Soft nose • Flesh browning • Flesh cavities • White patches (ricey spots and streaks)

• Soft stem end rot • Firm stem end rot • Dendritic spot • Sapburn • Skin browning (smear, etch, spotting, scald) • Physical damage (abrasions, stem punctures, creases, scratches, wounds, rub marks) • Lenticel spotting LESSER HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST DEFECTS • Blotchy green skin • Under skin browning (also known as ‘Disorder X’ or resin canal) • Skin greying • Lenticel discolouration • Flat areas (compression dam age)

FIELD DEFECTS • Blemish

• Pink spot • Sunburn • Russet • Field lenticel spotting LESSER FIELD DEFECTS • Mango scab • Bacterial black spot • Skin staining • Sooty blotch • Sooty mold • Shoulder blackening • Dimples • Foreign matter (chemical or animal deposits) • Soft nose • Confined light skin • Stem end cavity • Chimera • Misshapen fruit

QUARANTINE ISSUES • Fruit fly • Mango seed weevil • Live scales on fruit

QUALITY STANDARDS For an in-depth look. Page 18.

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