Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Grading, Packing, and Marking of Table Olives intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Part V : Sampling and Inspection

23. Permissible deviations
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(1) The maximum permissible quality deviations allowed for each grade are as follows, depending on the style concerned:

 

Table 1 :

Permissible Deviations for Whole, Stoned or Stuffed Olives

 

R956 Table 1 Permissible deviations

R956 Table 1 Permissible deviations (2)

 

Table 2 :

Permissible Deviations for the Styles Broken, Chopped, Minced, Sliced Table Olives, as well as Other Segmented Styles of Table Olives

 

Trade preparations

 

Green olives

Olives darkened by oxidation

Olives turning colour and black olives

 

Quality factor

Maximum tolerance allowed

Harmless extraneous material (units)

2

2

2

Stems (units)

4

6

5

Blemishes and wrinkles (%)

25

25

25

Stones (pits) or stone (pit) fragments (average unit)

1

1

1

Soft and excessive soft (%)

10/5

10/5

12/6

Broken pieces among segmented/sliced olives (%)

50

50

50

 

(2)The maximum permissible deviations allowed for the declared drained mass are as follows:

 

Table 3 :

Permissible Deviations for Drained Mass [Regulation 10]

 

Container with a drained mass of:

Maximum drained mass deviation

<200g

10%

≥ 200g <500g

10%

≥ 500g <1 500g

10%

 ≥ 1 500g

5%