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Summary of the 61st Session: New Food Standards and Proposals

Read the report of the 61st session attended by 21 countries discussing new food standards for quince, persimmons, lambs lettuce, apples, pears, chicory, cabbage, shallots, plums, apricots, and more.

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Summary of the 61st Session: New Food Standards and Proposals

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  1. Report of the 61st session 30 April to 03 May 2013 in Geneva attended by 21 countries: Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Commission of the European Union Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program 2013/1

  2. New Standard for Quince FFV-62 • Draft agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/3) • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/11 Requested for approval as a recommendation for a one year trial period by Working Party • New Standard for Persimmons FFV-63 • Amendment agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/14) • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/12 Requested for approval as a recommendation for a one year trial period by the Working Party

  3. Standard for Lambs Lettuce FFV-60 • Recommendation checked and discussed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2012/24): • proposals by Germany (INF.1) and France (INF.8) • product specific sampling to determine the defects to be checked in practical application and to be discussed with OECD • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/13 Requested for a one year prolongation of the trial period by the Working Party

  4. Standard for Apples FFV-50 • Correction/clarification agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/5): • max. size range 10 mm for Class I sales packages and Class I fruit packed loose in the package • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/14Requested for approval by the Working Party • Discussion to be continued in 2014 • Revision of list of varieties and eventually correctness to be checked by WAPA • Revision of sizing provisions

  5. Standard for Pears FFV-51 • Corrections agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/5): • max. size range 10 mm for Class I sales packages and Class I fruit packed loose in the package • table on uniformity in size by weight deletion of 75-100 g • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/15 Requested for approval by the Working Party • Discussion to be continued in 2014 • Revision of sizing provisions

  6. Standard for Witloof Chicory FFV-38 • Amendments agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2012/9): • to integrate red varieties in the standard • to exclude the radicchio types • to harmonise provisions on Class I and II with the OECD explanatory brochure • to simplify the sizing provisions • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/16 Requested for approval by the Working Party

  7. Standard for Chinese Cabbage FFV-44 • Corrections agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/9) • labelling of “number of units” is now optional • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/17 Requested for approval by the Working Party • Standard for Fennel FFV-16 • Corrections agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/10) • labelling of “number of units” is now optional • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/18 Requested for approval by the Working Party

  8. Standard for Shallots FFV-56 • Corrections agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/11) • “free of hollow and tough stems” moved from Class II to minimum requirements • allows “slight defects in colouring” in Class I • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/19 Requested for approval by the Working Party

  9. Standard for Plums FFV-29 • Amendments agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/12 and INF.7) • allow mixtures of distinctive different varieties • integrate interspecific hybrids • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/20 Requested for approval by the Working Party • Standard for Apricots FFV-02 • Amendment agreed (ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/INF.6) • integrate interspecific hybrids • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/21Requested for approval by the Working Party

  10. Fresh Chilli Peppers • Revised sizing provision as proposed by TR (INF.1) • New explanatory brochure published • Standard as document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/22 Requested for approval by the Working Party

  11. Glossary of Terms on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables • Draft after careful checks and several amendments in a final stage • Document ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2013/23 Requested for approval by Working Party

  12. Work in progress • recommendations for lambs lettuce, persimmons and quince • explanatory brochure on persimmons • apples, pears, plums – provisions on sizing • apples – list of varieties • sweet chestnuts, ware potatoes – quality tolerances • tomatoes – commercial types • watermelons – Class Extra, minimum Brix • citrus fruit – labelling mandarin group • chicories (endives in French) – miniature produce • eventually fresh figs (maturity requirements) 2013/12

  13. Chair Dr. Ulrike Bickelmann (Germany) qualitaetskontrolle@ble.de Vice-Chair Dr. Kristina Mattsson (Sweden) jordbruksverket@svj.se Secretariat Serguei Malanitchev (UNECE) agristandards@unece.org Report of 61st session of Specialized Sectionon Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2013/2

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