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Vegetables
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What certification is required to sell organic frozen vegetables in the EU?
To sell organic frozen vegetables in the EU every operator handling them must be certified, and the certificate scope must name products…
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What packaging options are available for frozen vegetables?
Frozen vegetable packaging in three families: bulk industrial packs, food service cases and retail bags. Liner, case, pallet and labelling choices.
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What are the most common defects in frozen vegetables?
The frozen vegetable defects that generate real claims fall into field, process and cold chain groups. How to tell them apart and…
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Sourcing Frozen Vegetables from Ukraine: Crop Calendar, Plant Types and Supplier Due Diligence
Sourcing frozen vegetables from Ukraine: the crop calendar, the freezing industry by plant type, road lead times and the due diligence to…
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What counts as extraneous vegetable matter in a specification?
Extraneous vegetable matter, usually abbreviated EVM, means plant material in the pack that is not the specified article: leaves, stalks, husk, silk,…
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How is broccoli floret size specified?
By a size band in millimetres, with a stated measurement convention, a tolerance for the fraction outside the band, and a separate…
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Why do nitrate limits apply to some vegetables?
Nitrate accumulates in certain vegetables, principally leafy ones such as spinach, lettuce and rocket, and the amount depends on the species, the…
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How long do frozen vegetables keep?
Commercial shelf life for frozen vegetables is typically stated in the range of eighteen to twenty-four months at minus eighteen degrees Celsius…
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What happens if frozen vegetables thaw and are refrozen?
Two separate problems arise, and they need separating because one is a quality issue and the other is not. The quality problem…
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What does a retailer mean by fifty per cent of MRL?
It is a private contractual requirement, stricter than the law, and it means that detected pesticide residues must not exceed a stated…