CODEX STAN 225-2001 Standard for Asparagus
1. DEFINITION OF PRODUCE
This Standard applies to shoots of commercial varieties of asparagus grown from Asparagus officinalis L., of the Liliaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Asparagus for industrial processing is excluded.
Asparagus shoots is classified into four groups according to colour:
- white asparagus;
- violet asparagus, having tips of a colour between pink and violet or purple and part of the shoot white;
- violet/green asparagus, part of which is of violet and green colouring;
- green asparagus having tips and most of the shoot green.
This Standard does not apply to green and violet/green asparagus of less than 3 mm diameter and white and violet asparagus of less than 8 mm diameter, packed in uniform bundles or unit packages.
