Raisins,South Africa Raisins price supplier

Appearance -        uniform colour and size 

flavour                        typical sweet fruity with no adverse flavour or taint 

colour                        natural      brownish black 

  Physical :

Berry  count per 100g :        

Humidity/Moisture                    :Sultana Raisin:  max 16% 

Underdeveloped /immature/dead berries: maximum 0.15%

Sugared berries  upto May                   maximum 0%

                         after May                   maximum 0.4%

  Damaged berries                                 maximum 0.2%

 Stones per Ton                                  maximum 2 

  Stems over 10 mm per carton              maximum 1

  Stems 0.4 to 10 mm per carton            maximum 4

 Capstems per carton                            maximum 15  

sensitivity of metal detection: Ferrous 1.5mm, non ferrous and stainless steel 3.0mm 

Visible Moulds, pests and their evidence:  none

Chemical

Oil  :                                                          maxi mum 0.5% for sultana raisin

Sulphur dioxide for natural sultanas         not applicable

                        Microbi ological    

Ochratoxin A      maximum 10 ppb

Total count      maximum  10,000/gr    

 Moulds           maximum 10,000/gr                                                                  

Yeast              maximum 1000/gr 

Coliforms          30 MPN/100 gr

Salmonella       not found in 25gr 

 E coli             not found in 25gr 

 Heavy Metal                            

Cadmium mg/kg, maximum        0.1         

Lead mg/kg,          maximum      1.0         

Arsenic mg/kg,     maximum        0.5        

Mercury mg/kg,    maximum       0.03       

Zinc mg/kg,        maximum         50.0            

Packing in 10 kg net PE lined carton cases