IQF strawberry

Specifications of IQF strawberries Grade A

1. Description of strawberries:

Variety All star, American 6, American 13, Honey, Darselect, Camarosa and Sena senaga, all strawberries are of Chinese origin, to be without calyx, without stalks, cleanly washed, carefully sorted, without molded strawberries, without rotten strawberries, metal detected and free from any foreign substance.

B. Packaging:
(1) Pack size: as to customers’ request, normal is 10kg or 20kg per Carton.
(2) Pack type: Export standard outer case, no nails, flaps are to be sealed with self adhesive freezer stable tape, the cartons is waterproof, new polythene food grade liner.
(3) Labeling: buyers’ request, normally including product Description, Country of Origin, Weight, Product Date (dd-mm-yy), Best Before date.

C.Standard Analytical Data of Grade A strawberries (per 10kg).

Brix level: All star, American six, Darselect 6.0-6.5, American 13, honey, Camarosa and Sena senaga 6.5-7.5

Size: 15-25mm, 25-35mm, 25-40mm, Min 97% fruits fall within this size.

Colour: minimum 97% fruits of fine regular red strawberries color.

Taste: typical of the strawberries, without any off-taste.

Unripe and overripe fruits: each max.2% by weight.

Broken-damaged squashed and misshapen fruits: Max 2% by weight.

Clumps less than 3 fruits: under 2% by weight.

Calyx:  Max 1 piece.

Leaves:  Max 1 piece.

Metal/glass/plastic/stone/sand/soil or any other FMV/EVM: Non-existence.

Contamination: pesticides, fungicides, metals, mycotoxines, radioactivity, according to EEC regulations, USFDA and China National Standards.

Microbiology: NO apparent disease.

Storage and transporting: cleanly stored and transported at or under temperature of minus 18 degrees centigrade (DC).

D. Microbiological Description:

(1) T.V.C. 10000/G
(2) Yeast <500CFU/G
(3) Moulds <500CFU/G
(4) Salmonella NIL
(5) Pathogenic bacteria NIL
(6) Coliforms NIL
(7) E.coli NIL