Quality standards for tomatoes.
I. Definition of produce
This standard applies to tomatoes of the varieties (cultivars) grown from Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. to be supplied fresh to the consumer, tomatoes for industrial processing being excluded.
Tomatoes may be classified into three commercial types, according to shape:
- 'round' (i.e. of spherical type, including 'cherry' tomatoes),
- 'ribbed',
- 'oblong' (or 'elongated').
