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What Are Fresh Produce Standards? International Food Quality Standards Explained
The Codex Alimentarius, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), is the primary standard for fresh produce used voluntarily by other international organizations and national governments. Other prominent international organizations that establish and promote fresh produce quality standards include the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the… Continue reading…
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The Essential Features of a Produce Quality Meter for Export Programs
Export programs live and die by consistency. Once fruit leaves its country of origin, there are limited opportunities to intervene. A produce quality meter gives exporters a way to measure internal quality before that fruit ever reaches a container. For operations shipping to demanding markets, the quality meter has become a practical necessity rather than… Continue reading…
Quality-Control Protocols Using F-750 in Packinghouses
Quality control in modern packinghouses depends on fast, consistent decisions. Growers and packers are under pressure to verify internal quality without slowing down throughput or damaging fruit. The F-750 produce quality meter has become a practical tool for meeting that challenge. By combining nondestructive testing with repeatable measurements, the F-750 quality meter fits naturally into… Continue reading…
Integrating F-751 Readings into ERP Systems for Real-Time Decision Making
If you are already collecting maturity and internal quality data with a handheld NIR meter, the next step is getting it out of the instrument and into the systems that run the business. That is where F-751 ERP integration pays off. When F-751 readings flow into your ERP in near real time, quality stops being… Continue reading…
Peach Harvest Maturity Indices for Better Yield
Crop chronology and fruit physical and chemical parameters are useful as peach harvest maturity indices. Firmness, size, color, sugar, and acidity content are objective and quantifiable indices. External colors estimated with charts are subjective. None of the peach harvest maturity indices can be used alone, and additional indices are needed to estimate maturity accurately and… Continue reading…
How to Use Mango Harvest Maturity Indices to Improve Fruit Quality and Yield
The mango harvest maturity indices can be physical, computational, physiological, and biochemical attributes. Physical indices are simple but subjective and unreliable. Biochemical harvest maturity indices are the most reliable, and standard NIR spectroscopy-based non-destructive estimation methods are the best. Mango fruits must be harvested at optimum maturity to continue developing internal and external quality attributes… Continue reading…
How Degreening of Citrus Fruits Enhances Appearance and Quality
Artificial degreening changes only citrus peel color and does not affect other quality parameters. Several citrus factors, like maturity at harvest and cultivar-specific ethylene sensitivity, will influence degreening success. Postharvest degreening is the standard procedure and requires careful consideration of cultivars to determine atmosphere conditions, ethylene concentrations, and exposure duration to achieve the desired results.… Continue reading…
