Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Quality, Grading, Packing and Marking of Tomatoes intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaMethods of Inspection14. Determination of percentage in too green tomatoes |
The percentage of too green tomatoes shall be determined as follows:
| (a) | Take from the inspection sample those tomatoes which are most likely to be too green. |
| (b) | Cut not more than four tomatoes open through the diameter thereof. |
| (c) | Determine visually how many of the tomatoes thus cut open, have pips which are undeveloped and not covered with jelly. |
| (d) | Express the number thus determined as a percentage of the total number of tomatoes in that sample, which percentage represents the extent to which too green tomatoes occur in such sample. |