CODEX STAN 220-1999 Standard for Longans
1. DEFINITION OF PRODUCE
This Standard applies to commercial varieties of longans grown from Dimocarpus longan Lour., of the Sapindaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Longans for industrial processing are excluded.
2. PROVISIONS CONCERNING QUALITY
2.1 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, the longans must be:
- whole;
- sound, produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded;
- clean, practically free of any visible foreign matter;
- practically free of pests affecting the general appearance of the produce;
- practically free of damage caused by pests;
- free of abnormal external moisture, excluding top icing condensation following removal from cold storage;
- free of any foreign smell and/or taste1;
- fresh in appearance;
- free of damage caused by low and/or high temperatures;
- free of pronounced blemishes.
