Standards

This Code of Practice specifies general hygienic practices for the primary production and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables (cultivated for human consumption) in order to produce a safe and wholesome product, particularly for those intended to be consumed raw. Specifically, this Code is applicable to fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the field (with or without cover) or in protected facilities (hydroponic systems, greenhouses). It concentrates no microbial hazards and addresses physical and chemical hazards only in so far as these relate to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). This Code does not provide recommendations for handling practices to maintain the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale, retail, food services or in the home. It excludes food products for which there is a specific Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practice. This Code shall be read in conjunction with the latest version of GYS 13, “Specification for food hygiene”.

This standard specifies guidelines for the cultivation of paddy.  It specifies guidelines for land preparation, seed selection and preparation, sowing, pest and disease management, water management, fertilizer application, harvesting, packaging and transport. It does not include guidelines for storage, marketing and no tillage paddy or upland/dryland rice cultivation.

This standard recommends proper packaging and transport practices of fresh fruit and vegetables in order to maintain produce quality during transportation after packaging and marketing.

This Code of Practice establishes the recommendations for the hygienic preparation of packaged natural coconut water  inclusive of harvesting, processing, packaging, storing, transporting and distributing.

This code gives recommendations for the design, location, construction, and maintenance  of  VIP Latrine as a sanitary household solution for human excreta.

This standard applies to commercial varieties of limes grown from citrus aurantifolia to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Limes for industrial processing are excluded.

This standard specifies the requirements for pineapples (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. of the Bromoeliceae family), which are to be supplied fresh to the consumer at the import and export control stage, after preparation and packaging. This standard does not apply to pineapples for ornamental use or industrial processing

This standard specifies the quality requirements for pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo (Duch. Ex Lam.) to be supplied fresh to the consumer at the preparation and packaging stages. This standard does not apply to products for industrial processing.

This standard applies to Watermelon, Cirtullus lanatus (Thunb) to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

This standard applies to Watermelon, Cirtullus lanatus (Thumb) to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

The purpose of this standard is to provide the quality requirements for grades of watermelon in a lot.