HAR §4-41-52. Standards for Hawaii-grown papaya

(a) As used in this section: "Brown spot" means the disease characterized by superficial spots which are brownish green to brownish slate in color, irregular to round in shape, and frequently with a corky pimple near the center. "Catfaces" means structural deformities of the fruit characterized by a scar, usually sunken, which extends downward from the stem on one side of the fruit and causes slight to serious malformation of the fruit. "Clean" means practically free from dirt, dust, spray residue, staining, other foreign material, and latex. "Damage" means any of the following specific defects, or an equally objectionable variation of any one of these defects, any other defect, or any combination of defects, which materially detracts from the appearance, or the edible or marketing quality of the fruit: (1) Brown spot, when affecting appearance to a greater extent than the allowance for damage by scars; (2) Catfaces, when more than one inch in length or when depressed or rough; or (3) Scars, when deep and aggregating an area more than three-fourths inch in diameter, or scaly, cracked, or not smooth and aggregating an area more than five per cent of the fruit surface, or smooth and aggregating an area more than ten per cent of the fruit surface. "Excessively rough" means the surface of the papaya is so lumpy as to seriously detract from the appearance, or more than three-fourths of the surface is distinctly pebbled, or creases or depressions are so deep as to seriously affect the appearance of the fruit. "Fairly clean" means practically free from dirt, dust, staining, spray residue, and other foreign material, except that ten per cent of the surface of the fruit may be coated with a light layer of latex or five per cent of the surface may be coated with caked latex. "Fairly smooth" means not more than one-third of the fruit surface is pebbled and the pebbled surface is not excessively rough; grooves or creases are not so deep or so wide as to materially affect the appearance of the fruit; and sharp or deep depressions do not §4-41- 41-104 affect an aggregate area more than one inch in diameter. "Fairly well formed" means the fruit may be moderately lopsided, flattened, elongated, or otherwise lacking in symmetry, but the fruit shall not be sufficiently misshapen to materially detract from the appearance. "Good internal quality" means that the fruits contain not less than eleven and one-half per cent soluble solids. "Immature" means the fruit is hard and green with no yellow color. "Injury" means any defect or any combination of defects which appreciably detracts from the appearance, or the edible or marketing quality of the fruit. Scars that are deep, or scaly, cracked, or not smooth and aggregating an area more than one-half inch in diameter, or smooth and aggregating an area more than one inch in diameter shall be scored as injury. "Internal hard lumps" means the hard, lumpy masses in the flesh of the fruit. "Mature" means at least a portion of the lower or blossom-end half of the papaya shows a definite tinge of yellow. "Not badly misshapen" means the fruit is not so badly deformed that the appearance is seriously affected. "Overripe" means dead ripe, soft, and past commercial utility. "Scalding" means the injury resulting from exposure to hot water, vapor heat, or direct sunlight. "Serious damage" means any of the following specific defects, or an equally objectionable variation of any one of these defects, any other defect, or any combination of defects, which seriously detracts from the appearance, or the edible or marketing quality of the fruit: (1) Brown spot, when affecting appearance to a greater extent than the allowance for serious damage by scars; (2) Catfaces, when extending more than one-half the length of the fruit, or excessively deep, wide, or rough; or (3) Scars, when deep and aggregating an area more than five per cent of fruit surface, or scaly, cracked, or not smooth and aggregating an area more than ten per cent of the fruit surface, or smooth and aggregating an area §4-41- 41-105 more than twenty per cent of the fruit surface. "Similar varietal characteristics" means the papayas are alike as to shape, size, flesh color, and other general characteristics. "Smooth" means there is no appreciable pebbling or other roughness on the surface of the fruit; the fruit is not more than slightly grooved, ridged, or creased; and sharp or deep depressions do not affect an aggregate area more than three-eighths inch in diameter. "Solo type" means the papaya is of the solo type characterized by its shape and small size, usually under two pounds and pyriform in shape. "Soluble solids" means the sucrose value, as determined by a hand refractometer, of the combined juice extracted from a sample of papaya selected at random. "Uniform size" means the difference in weight between the heaviest and lightest papaya in a wholesale container is not more than eight ounces. "Well formed" means the fruit is very symmetrical and not flattened, lopsided, or elongated, and no part is disproportionately large or small. "Well trimmed" means the stem is firmly attached to the fruit and broken off fairly smoothly at the point of abscission or cut off at approximately right angles to the longitudinal axis at a point not more than one-fourth inch beyond the shoulder of the fruit. (b) Hawaii Fancy (Hawaii Grade AA) papaya consists of Hawaii-grown papayas of the solo type, which are of similar varietal characteristics, mature, not overripe, clean, well trimmed, well formed, and smooth; and which are free from decay, breakdown, internal hard lumps, soft bruise, scalding, cuts or punctures, catfaces, and brown spot and from injury caused by scars, surface bruise, disease, insects, or mechanical or other means. Papayas is wholesale quantities shall be uniform in size. Unless otherwise specified, each papaya shall weigh at least sixteen ounces. In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading, sizing, and handling, the following tolerances, based on count, are provided: (1) For defects, not more than ten per cent of the papayas in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of this grade, provided not more than one-half of this amount, or five per cent, shall be allowed for papayas with §4-41- 41-106 defects causing damage, including not more than one per cent affected by decay or breakdown; (2) For uniformity of size, not more than ten per cent of the containers in any lot may fail to meet uniform in size requirements; and (3) For offsize, not more than ten per cent of the papayas in any lot may vary from the size specified. (c) Hawaii No. 1 (Hawaii Grade A) papaya consists of Hawaii-grown papayas of the solo type, which are of similar varietal characteristics, mature, not overripe, clean, well trimmed, fairly well formed, and fairly smooth; and which are free from decay, breakdown, internal hard lumps, soft bruise, and scalding and from damage caused by scars, surface bruise, disease, insects, catfaces, brown spot, cuts or punctures, or mechanical or other means. Papayas in wholesale quantities shall be uniform in size. Unless otherwise specified, each papaya shall weigh from fourteen to thirty-two ounces. In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading, sizing, and handling, the following tolerances, based on count, are provided: (1) For defects, not more than ten per cent of the papayas in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of this grade, provided not more than one-half of this amount, or five per cent, shall be allowed for papayas with defects causing serious damage, including not more than one per cent affected by decay or breakdown; (2) For uniformity of size, not more than ten per cent of the containers in any lot may fail to meet uniform in size requirements; and (3) For offsize, not more than ten per cent of the papayas in any lot may vary from the size specified. (d) Hawaii No. 2 (Hawaii Grade B) papaya consists of Hawaii-grown papayas of the solo type, which are of similar varietal characteristics, mature, not overripe, fairly clean, well trimmed, not badly misshapen, and not excessively rough; and which are free from decay, breakdown, internal hard lumps, soft bruise, and scalding and from serious damage caused by scars, surface bruise, disease, insects, catfaces, brown spot, cuts or punctures, or mechanical or other means. In order to allow for variations incident to §4-41- 41-107 proper grading and handling, the following tolerances, based on count are provided: (1) For defects, not more than ten per cent of the papayas in any lot may fail to meet the requirements of this grade, provided not more than one-tenth of this amount, or one per cent, shall be allowed for papayas affected by decay or breakdown; and (2) When any optional size is applied to the lot, not more than ten per cent by count of the papayas in any lot may vary from the size specified (e) Size of papayas in any container or lot may be specified in connection with the grade, based on the following size classifications: (1) Small, when each papaya weighs from ten to thirteen ounces; (2) Medium, when each papaya weighs from thirteen to sixteen ounces; (3) Large, when each papaya weighs from sixteen to thirty-two ounces; or (4) Extra large, when each papaya weighs over thirty-two ounces. (f) Optional internal quality requirement. "Good internal quality" may be specified in connection with the grade. [Eff 5/29/81; am and comp 8/18/83; am and comp 3/24/86; am 8/6/90; am 12/12/05] (Auth: HRS §147-4) (Imp: HRS §147-4)