The following slight defects, however, may be allowed, provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the package:
- a slight defect in shape,
- a slight defect in development,
- slight defects in colouring,
- skin defects of elongated shape must not exceed in length one third of the maximum diameter of the fruit. In particular, healed cracks may be allowed for "Golden gage" varieties(1),
- other skin defects of which the total area affected must not exceed one sixteenth of the whole surface.
