Quality Standard

The purpose of the standard is to define the quality requirements of sweet almonds at the export control stage, after preparation and packaging.

This standard applies to unshelled sweet almonds from varieties which are intended for direct consumption. In all classes subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, the almonds must be:

• Sound

• Clean

• Whole (outer parts of the shell may be missing provided that the edible part is protected)

• Free from gum

• Dry

• Without traces of pericarp or other matter

The purpose of the standard is to define the quality requirements for walnut at the export control stage, after preparation and packaging.

This standard applies to walnut from varieties. In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, walnut must be:

• Sufficiently dry to ensure keeping quality

• Sound, produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is

• Sufficiently developed; shrivelled kernels are to be excluded

• Clean, practically free from any visible foreign matter and from shell

• Free from insects or mites whatever their stage of development

• Free from damage caused by pests

• Free of any rancidity or oily appearance

• Free from mould

• Free of abnormal external moisture

• Free of foreign smell and/or taste