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UNECE Standard DDP-07 of Prunes

Detailed guidelines on drying, packaging, and rehydration of prunes, ensuring quality and taste standards are met as per the 1972 Order. Compliance with UNECE Standard DDP-07 is mandatory.

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UNECE Standard DDP-07 of Prunes

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  1. UNECE Standard DDP-07of Prunes Prunes standards FRANCE : Order of 28/08/72 concerning the prune trade Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  2. Order of 28 August 1972concerning the prune trade Article 2. controlled drying of certain subspecies of Prunus domestica L., with neither caramelisation nor added sweeteners […] Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  3. UNECE Standard DDP-07of Prunes • Minimum requirements • Prepared from physiologically ripe fruit; • Whole or without pits, without peduncles; • Fleshy, the flesh being elastic and pliable; • Covered with a wrinkled skin; Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  4. UNECE Standard DDP-07of Prunes • Minimum requirements • Sound, fruit being affected by decay or damaged in such a way as to be unfit for consumption being excluded; • Clean and practically free from obvious foreign matter; • Free from living insects and mites, whatever their stage of development; • Free from visible damage by insects, mites or other parasites; • Free of foreign smell and/or taste. Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  5. Moisture content Order of 28 August 1972 Fresh prunes harvested at maturity are dried (cooked/dried at 76°C max.) to obtain: A 21% maximum moisture content, which preserves them "naturally". Then rehydrated and packaged on an as-needed basis Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  6. Moisture content Order of 28 August 1972 concerning the prune trade Fresh prunes harvested at maturity are dried (cooked/dried at 76°C max.) to obtain: • Several hundred tons of prunes are dried at maximum moisture content of 34/35%, creating HALF-COOKED PRUNES. • And pasteurisation after bagging, • or put into cold storage (-18°C) and packaged at a later date. Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  7. Moisture content Order of 28 August 1972 concerning the prune trade To prepare them for sale, prunes dried to a 21% moisture content are rehydrated: At 35% maximum moisture content: - Article 2 of the Order of 28 August 1972: "prunes may be partially rehydrated […] up to a maximum moisture content of 35% […]" Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  8. Moisture content Order of 28 August 1972 concerning the prune trade At greater than 35% moisture content (38%, 40% or higher): Article 7: "special preparations” E.g.: prunes in syrup, etc. Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  9. UNECE Standard - Classification Whole prunes are classified in one class, called • "PRUNES" - "Class I" - Good quality, characteristic of the variety. Slight superficial defects and colour defects, provided that these do not affect - the general appearance of the produce or thequality, - keeping quality or its presentation in the package. Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  10. UNECE Standard - Classification • Prunes without pits are classified into two classes defined below: • - "Prunes without pits" - "Class I": depitted by an appropriate process such as to minimize the damage to the skin, and the number of cuts necessary to depit the prunes is limited to two cuts Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  11. UNECE Standard - Classification • Prunes without pits are classified into two classes defined below: • "Pressure-pitted prunes" "Type E" or "Class II": may be pitted by pressure. The number of cuts is not limited. Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  12. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  13. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  14. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  15. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  16. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  17. Provisions concerning tolerancesQuality tolerances Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  18. Preparations Order of 28 August 1972 concerning the prune trade Article 7 (continued): preparations (…) contains the word "prune". […] the denomination must be immediately followed by the indication "extra-moist prunes at… % moisture content." Example: "Extra-moist prune specialty (or preparation) at 40% moisture content" Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  19. Sizing Sizing :Under the form: "x/y prunes per 500g“ Designations provided for in the legislation: Giant: 33/44 prunes per 500g Very large: 44/55 prunes per 500g Large: 55/66 prunes per 500g Average: 66/77 prunes per 500g Cooking prunes: 77/88 prunes per 500g Small cooking prunes: 88/99 prunes per 500g Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  20. From plum to prune Article 11: the conditions under which prunes may be called "Pruneaux d'Agen" (less than 77 prunes per 500g) have been supplemented by the Protected Geographical Identification (PGI). Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  21. Labelling for prunes Order of 28 August 1972 Specific compulsory wording stipulated in the Order of 28 August 1972: b) The denomination "prune", immediately followed by, The variety or commercial denomination linked to a specific variety For prunes of foreign origin, the indication of the fruit's country of origin Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  22. Labelling for prunes Order of 28 August 1972 c) The grade, the moisture content, d) The net weight or, if applicable, the drained net weight Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

  23. Practical session Marie-Isabelle TRIVES CREMIEUX DGCCRF - France

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