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Specifications: Name of Item: Category: Fresh Produce Quality Assessment Criteria Accept Reject

This document provides quality assessment criteria and specifications for Golden Delicious apples. Apples should have light green to pale yellow skin with creamy flesh and a green tinge. No more than 10% of the fruit surface can have a pink to orange blush. Apples must be dry with a sweet, crisp taste and no objectionable odors or flavors. They must not show any signs of insects, fungal or bacterial rots, cuts, holes, cracks, bruises, browning, or freezing damage. Packaging must be food-grade and protect the apples. Transportation must be by covered, clean vehicle under 5°C or ambient temperature. All chemicals must be approved and the apples must

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Specifications: Name of Item: Category: Fresh Produce Quality Assessment Criteria Accept Reject

This document provides quality assessment criteria and specifications for Golden Delicious apples. Apples should have light green to pale yellow skin with creamy flesh and a green tinge. No more than 10% of the fruit surface can have a pink to orange blush. Apples must be dry with a sweet, crisp taste and no objectionable odors or flavors. They must not show any signs of insects, fungal or bacterial rots, cuts, holes, cracks, bruises, browning, or freezing damage. Packaging must be food-grade and protect the apples. Transportation must be by covered, clean vehicle under 5°C or ambient temperature. All chemicals must be approved and the apples must

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PUR-SPEC-60

Name of Item: Apple (Golden Delicious)


Category: Fresh Produce
Quality Assessment Criteria

Accept Complies fully to specification or only minor defects


Reject Substandard and does not comply with specification

Specifications
Visual Appearance Light green to very pale yellow skin; Creamy flesh with green tinge; less than a tenth of fruit surface may have a pink to orange blush;
Elongated at the apex, slightly ribbed and crowned at apex
Sensory Dry skin; highly aromatic with a sweet, crisp taste;
There should be no objectionable odours or tastes
Defects There should be no evidence of live insects, fungal or bacterial rots
There should be no signs of sunken spots surrounded by red/black halo (Apple scab)
There should be no cuts, holes, cracks or wounds that break the skin
There should be no deep, soft bruises with distinct edges or indents or water soaked lesions
There should be no signs of brown discoloration of the skin or internal breakdown or browning
There should be no signs of flesh browning, wrinkled skin, or water soaked appearance indicative of freezing damage
Packaging The package must be made from food grade materials
It must be washable, well ventilated and protect the produce from mechanical damage
Transportation The product must be transported in a covered, clean and palletized vehicle; No Taxis Allowed
Refrigerated vans should have a temperature ≤ 5°C; otherwise, temperature should be ambient
Physical All pre-harvest and post-harvest chemicals must be registered and approved for use in accordance with regulations from
the Environmental Protection Agency and Ghana Standards Authority
Contaminants/Residue

Food Safety Requirements The product must be supplied and delivered from trusted sources
It must be grown and packed under an approved and certified Food Safety Based Program recognized by the Ghana
Standards Authority (GSA), Food and Drugs Board (FDB), Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) or other Local Authority
It must satisfy all microbiological criteria prescribed by the Ghana Standards Authority

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