1. Cluster Beans shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety,
• Free from foreign smell and/or taste, visible foreign matter, abnormal external moisture, excluding condensation following removal from cold storage, damage caused by pests/low or high temperature

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in shape, size & colour, according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	Damage upto 5% (not affecting quality of the beans)	Damage upto 10% (not affecting quality of the beans)
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Ridge Gourd shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, foreign smell, abnormal external moisture, excluding condensation following removal from cold storage, damage caused by pests/low or high temperature.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in shape, size & colour, according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	(i) Slight defect in Colouring upto 5% of the surface area (ii) Irregular shape– 5% (iii) Damage not affecting quality of the flesh – 5%	(i) Defect in Colour upto 10% of the surface area (ii) Irregular shape– 10% (iii) Damage not affecting quality of the flesh –10%
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Radish shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, sponginess, foreign smell, root splitting, abnormal external moisture, excluding condensation following removal from cold storage, damage caused by pests/low or high temperature.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Shape, Size & Colour, according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	(i) Slight defects in shape or development upto 5% (ii) Slight skin defects upto 2% - (iii) Damage due to handling upto 2%	(i) Defects in shape or development upto 10% (ii) Skin defects upto 5% (iii) Damage due to handling upto 5%	(i) Defects in shape or development upto 15% (ii) Skin defects upto 7% (iii)Damage due to handling upto 10%
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Sweet Corn shall be

• Wholesome, well developed, clean, of same variety.
• Free from living and dead insects, fungus infestation, decay.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Colour, shape & Size according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	slight Irregular shape upto 2% allowed	(i) Slight skin defects due to rubbing not exceeding 2% of the total surface area (ii) Irregular shape upto 5%.	(i) Skin defects due to rubbing not exceeding 4% of the total surface area (ii) Irregular shape upto 10%.
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Kinnow shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of rind moderately thick, of same variety.
• Free from foreign matter, foreign smell, abnormal external moisture, damage caused by insects/pests, diseases, low or high temperature.
• The stalk shall be removed close to the fruit keeping the button intact.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample .
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Capsicum shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, foreign smell, abnormal external moisture, damage caused by insects/pests or low or high temperature.
• The stalk shall be removed close to the fruit keeping the button intact.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Shape, Size & Colour according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	(i) Defects in maturity &development -2% (ii) Damage- 5%(not affecting quality of the skin)	(i) Defects in maturity &development- 4% (ii) Damage-10% (not affecting quality of the skin)
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Raw mangoes shall be

• Firm, clean, wholesome, fresh in appearance, unripe, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, foreign smell, damage caused by pests, low or high temperature.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity In Shape, size & colour according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	Damage upto 5% (not affecting quality of the pulp)	Damage upto 10% (not affecting quality of the pulp)
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Guava shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, foreign smell, abnormal external moisture, damage caused by insects/pests, low or high temperature.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Shape, Size & Colour according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	(i) Maturity & development - 2% (ii) Damage - 5% (not affecting quality of the pulp)	(i) Maturity & development - 4% (ii) Damage - 10% (not affecting quality of the pulp)
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Jackfruit shall be

• Whole, firm, fresh in appearance, clean, of same variety.
• Free from any visible foreign matter, foreign smell, damage caused by insects/pests, low or high temperature.
• The stalk shall be removed close to the fruit keeping the button intact..

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in shape, size & colour according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	(i) Defects in maturity & development upto 2% (ii) Damage upto 5% (not affecting quality of the pulp)	(i) Defects in maturity & development upto 4% (ii) Damage upto 10% (not affecting quality of the pulp)
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Jimikand shall be

• Whole, firm, clean, fresh in appearance, of same variety.
• Free from foreign smell, damage caused by insects/pests, low or high temperature.
• Colour shall be typical of the variety on at least one fifth of the surface of the tuber.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Shape, Size & Colour according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Defects allowed	NIL	(i) Defect in maturity & development upto 2% (ii) Damage not affecting quality of flesh upto 5%	(i) Defect in maturity & development upto 4% (ii) Damage not affecting quality of flesh upto 10%
05	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 3 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 3 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. White Peas shall be

• Wholesome, dried, mature, clean, of same variety.
• Free from living/dead insects, fungus infestation, added colouring matter, obnoxious smell, discolouration, rodent hair and excreta, damage caused by pests.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Foreign matter: Shall include sand, dirt, stones, glass and metallic pieces, lumps of earth, clay and mud, husk, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other inedible grains.
• Damaged and Discolored seeds: Kernels or pieces of kernels that are sprouted or internally damaged as a result of heat, moisture, weather or microbes, and mechanical injured grains in case of whole pulses; discoloured, or discolouration materially affecting the quality.
• Other edible grain/seeds: Means any edible grains (including oil seeds) other than the one which is under consideration.
• Weeviled grains: Means grains that are partially or wholly bored by insects injurious to grains but does not include germ eaten grains and egg spotted grains.
• Luster: Means the state or quality of Shining by reflecting light, glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Peanut shall be

• Intact, firm, clean, Shape, Size &Colour according to characteristic of the variety.
• Free from colouring matter and preservatives, insect infestation, and foreign smell.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Foreign matter: Means stones, dirt, clay or any other edible/non-edible seeds such as mahua, caster, neem or argemone.
• Immature and shriveled kernel: Are those kernel which are imperfectly developed and /or shrunken
• Damaged kernel: Are those kernels that are damaged mechanically or by mould, weevil or any other insect attack or those showing internal discoloration materially affecting the quality.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Coconut (Copra/ dried kernal of coconut) shall be

• Well dried, clean, fresh in appearance, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, foreign smell, damage caused by pests, smoke, burn.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Appearance	Superior	Very Good	Good
03	Uniformity in Shape, Size &Colour according to characteristic of the	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
04	Size (diameter in mm)	Not less than 85	Not less than 75	Not less than 60
05	Mouldy black kernels percent by	Upto 2.0	Upto 2.0	Upto 2.0
06	Wrinkled kernels percent by count max	Upto 10.0	Upto 10.0	Upto 10.0
07	Foreign matter percent by wt	Upto 0.5	Upto 1.0	Upto 2.0
08	Oil content percent by weight	Not less than 60%	Not less than 58%	Not less than 55%
09	Moisture percent by wt	Upto 7.0	Upto 7.0	Upto 7.0
10	Range Acceptance	95%	90%	85%

3. Definitions

• Mouldy and black kernels: include balls in which more than 5% of the inner surface is covered with mould and/or is dark brown to black in colour.
• Wrinkled kernels: include balls that are shrunk out of normal shape or are not fully matured or developed or have a rubbery structure and uneven surface. Such kernels are often discoloured.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 5 Nos shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously, called as primary sample.
• 5 nos. shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Cotton Seed shall be

• Whole, fresh in appearance, clean, dry, of same variety.
• Free from living/dead insects, fungus infestation, added colouring matter, obnoxious smell, discolouration, rodent hair and excreta, damage caused by low or high temperature.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Foreign matter: All foreign material other than cottonseed material, where cottonseed material includes cotton fibre attached to the seed coat.
• Damaged seeds: Includes smutty seed, hot seed, musty seed, sour seed, rotted seed and mouldy seed.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Pongam seeds shall be

• Dry, intact, firm, clean, fresh in appearance, of same variety.
• Free from visible foreign matter, damage caused by pests, insect infestation.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Foreign matter: Includes inorganic and organic matter. The inorganic matter shall include sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, glass and metallic pieces, lumps of earth, clay and mud. Organic matter shall include husk, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other inedible grains.
• Broken Seed: Pieces of sound kernels that are less than three fourths of the size of the full kernels.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Niger Seed shall be

• Dried, mature, clean, wholesome, of same variety.
• Free from added artificial colouring matter, rodent hair and excreta, damage caused by insects/pests, diseases.

2. It may conform to the following criteria of Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable Parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Pictures shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Moisture	Upto 7.0	Upto 8.0	Upto 9.0
03	Oil Content percent by weight	Not less than 30.0	Not less than 25.0	Not less than 20.0
04	Extraneous Matter percent by wt	Upto 1.0	Upto 2.0	Upto 3.5
05	Broken seeds (Damaged, shriveled, discoloured and immature seed) percent by wt	Upto 3.0	Upto 4.0	Upto 5.0
06	Insect damaged matter (percent by weight)	Upto 0.5	Upto 0.75	Upto 1.0

3. Definitions

• Extraneous /Foreign matter: Includes inorganic and organic matter. The inorganic matter shall include sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, glass and metallic pieces, lumps of earth, clay and mud. Organic matter shall include husk, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other inedible grains.
• Broken seeds: Kernels or pieces of kernels that are sprouted or internally damaged as a result of heat, moisture, weather or microbes, discoloured, and immature seed.
• Insect damaged matter: shall be those seeds which are wholly or partly bored or eaten by the weevils.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Sal Seed shall be

• Wholesome, mature, clean, dried, of same variety.
• Free from added artificial colouring matter, rodent hair and excreta, foreign smell, damage caused by insects/pest.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Extraneous/Foreign Matter: Includes inorganic and organic matter. The inorganic matter shall include sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, glass and metallic pieces, lumps of earth, clay and mud. Organic matter shall include husk, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other inedible grains.
• Broken Seeds: Kernels or pieces of kernels that are sprouted or internally damaged as a result of heat, moisture, weather or microbes, discoloured, and immature seed.
• Insect Damaged Matter: Shall be those seeds which are wholly or partly bored or eaten by the weevils.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously will be called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample will be called as Laboratory sample.

1.Dried Mango Slices shall be

• Dried wholesome, edible part of raw mango fruit with or without outer skin, of characteristic taste and flavor, with or without added edible common salt (5% max)
• Free from, fungus, moulds and insect infestation, rodent contamination, added colouring and flavouring matter, deleterious substances injurious to health.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Picture shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Colour	White	White to Brown	Brown to Black
03	Moisture (percent by weight) (Max)	Upto 12.0	Upto 12.0	Upto 12.0
04	Damaged & discoloured Slices(percent by weight)	Upto 2.0	Upto 4.0	Upto 5.0
05	Extraneous substance (percent by weight)	Upto 1.0	Upto 2.0	Upto 4.0
06	Seed Coatings (percent by weight)	Upto 1.0	Upto 3.0	Upto 6.0

3. Definitions

• Damaged & discoloured slices mean the slices that are eaten by weevils or other insects and includes slices internally damaged by fungus, moisture or heating.
• Seed coatings are exterior covering of the seed.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 100g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously will be called as primary sample.
• 100g shall be drawn from primary sample will be called as Laboratory sample.

1. Raw Cashewnut shall be

• Dried ripe nuts, mature, clean, of characteristics shape and color of variety.
• Free from musty odour, mould, disease decayed nuts and insect attack except to the extent as specified at table below vide column 6.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

3. Definitions

• Extraneous Matter: Includes stones, dust, dirt, parts of dried fruits and leaf, etc.
• Void Nuts: In which there are no kernels.
• Immature Nuts: The nuts, the kernels of which are not properly developed and/or shriveled.
• Damaged and Discolored Nuts: The nuts containing discolored kernels, decayed, diseased and broken nuts or mechanical injury, materially affecting the quality.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 100g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously will be called as primary sample.
• 100g shall be drawn from primary sample will be called as Laboratory sample.

1. Reetha nuts shall be

• Dry, fresh in appearance, firm, clean, of same variety.
• Free from added artificial colouring matter, foreign smell, visible foreign matter, damage caused by insects/pests, low or high temperature, abnormal external moisture.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:

S.No.	Tradable parameters	Range-1	Range-2	Range-3
01	Picture shown are for illustration purpose only
02	Uniformity in shape, size & colour, according to characteristic of the variety	Uniform	Semi-Uniform	Reasonably Uniform
03	Foreign matter percent by weight	Upto 0.5	Upto 1.0	Upto 2.0
04	Immature & shriveled nuts percent by weight	Upto 2.0	Upto 3.0	Upto 5.0
05	Damaged and discolored nuts percent by weight	Upto 2.0	Upto 3.0	Upto 5.0
06	Moisture percent by weight	Upto 9.0	Upto 10.0	Upto 12.0
07	Pods of other variety percent by weight	Upto 4.0	Upto 6.0	Upto 8.0

3. Definitions

• Foreign matter: Includes inorganic and organic matter. The inorganic matter shall include sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, glass and metallic pieces, lumps of earth, clay and mud. Organic matter shall include husk, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other inedible grains.
• Damaged and Discolored pods: Kernels or pieces of kernels that are sprouted or internally damaged as a result of heat, moisture, weather or microbes; discoloured, or discolouration materially affecting the quality.
• Immature and shriveled pods: are those pods which are imperfectly developed and /or shrunken.
• Pods of other varieties: means the pods of other than the principal variety.

4. Sampling

• 5% or minimum one container shall be randomly selected for sampling.
• 200g shall be drawn from each selected container and shall be mixed homogenously will be called as primary sample.
• 200g shall be drawn from primary sample called as Laboratory sample.

1. Bamboo shall be

• Clean, dry, mature and of same variety.
• Cut after same year monsoon.
• Free from excessive dryness, tattering, excessive moisture, damage caused by frost/pests/diseases.

2. It may conform to the following criteria for Range designations, namely:-

3. Definitions

• Variety: That differs from others of the same general kind or of the group to which it belongs.

4. Sampling

• 5% or 5 No (whichever is less) of the lot shall be randomly selected and that will be called as Laboratory Sample