Standards

This standard applies to commercial varieties of eddoe Colocasia esculenta to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

This standard applies to boulanger (Aubergines, melongenes, egg- plant, baigan) Solanum melongena grown to be supplied fresh to the consumer. Egg-plant for processing is excluded.

This standard applies to Avocados, Persea americana mill. grown to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

This standard applies to passion fruit Passiflora edulis, grown to be supplied fresh to consumers.

This standard applies to varieties of grain of Cowpea Vigna unguiculata.

This standard applies to commercial varieties of cassava grown from (Manihot dulcis baill and Manihot esculenta crantz) to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Cassavas for industrial processing are excluded.

This standard applies to commercial varieties of cassava grown from (Manihot dulcis baill and Manihot esculenta crantz) to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Cassavas for industrial processing are excluded.

This standard specifies the requirements of sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum) which are to be supplied fresh to the consumer market at the export or import control stages, after preparation and packaging. The standard does not apply to sweet peppers for industrial processing.

This standard establishes a system of graphic symbols, intended for use in the permanent marking of textiles, providing information essential for their “proper care”. Symbols are provided for the following treatments: washing, chlorine bleaching, ironing, dry-cleaning and drying. It also specifies the use of these symbols in care labelling.

This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2025. Therefore this version remains current.

This test method is intended to classify fabrics for ironing purposes.  It involves ironing of the cloth specimens with a heated aluminium block at increasing temperatures and examination for changes in handle and appearance.  The fabrics may then be labelled in accordance with the ironing section of this code in terms of the test temperatures they will withstand as indicated below:

            Up to and including 110°C              COOL IRON

            Up to and including 150°C              WARM IRON

            Up to and including 200°C             HOT IRON