1. CODEX STANDARD FOR CANNED MANGOES CODEX STAN 159-1987

2. Styles Halves - cut into two approximately equal parts along the stone from stem to apex and the lesh separated from the skin. Slices - Long, slender pieces cut lengthwise or crosswise. Pieces - (or mixed pieces or irregular pieces) - pitted and comprising irregular shapes and sizes. Diced - flesh cut into cube-like parts with a dimension of at least 12 mm on the longest side. Other style

3. Types of Pack Regular pack - with liquid packing medium. Solid pack - closely packed fruit prepared by packing without a liquid packing medium; a dry nutritive sweetener may be used. Packing MediaExplanation WaterThe sole packing medium Fruit juiceMango juice or any other compatible fruit juice Mix fruit juiceTwo or more compatible fruit juices which may include mango juice, are combined Water and Fruit JuiceWater and mango juice, or water and any other single fruit juice or water and two or more fruit juices are combined in any proportion Nutritive sweetenersucrose, invert sugar syrup, dextrose, dried glucose syrup, glucose syrup, fructose, fructose syrup, honey

4. Quality Criteria Colour Flavour Texture - shall be free from microorganisms in amounts which may represent a hazard to health; - shall be free from parasites which may represent a hazard to health; - shall not contain any substance originating from microorganisms in amounts which may represent a hazard to health. Classification of "Defectives" Uniformity of Size Symmetry Defect