SWEET POTATO – UNACCEPTABLE ISSUES

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WHAT NOT TO PACK 

ROOTLETS – Greater than 5cm in length.

RESIDUAL DIRT – Large pieces greater than 2cm

 

 

 

 

EMBEDDED SURFACE PARTICLES – Greater than 2mm

TRIMMED ENDS – Greater than 20mm

OVERLY MISSHAPEN, TWISTED OR DISFIGURED PIECES

EXCESSIVE MACHINE DAMAGE / PEST DAMAGE / HEALED CUTS / SCRUFFS ETC

LIVE INSECTS / FUNGAL or BACTERIAL ROTS

EXCESSIVE SHAVED AREAS, SKINNING OR LIGHT SCRATCHES –

Greater than 20% of surface

 

SPROUTING – More than 20mm long

 

 

 

 

 

EXCESSIVE PITTED SKIN

VEINING OR ROUGHNESS – Not removable by one pass peel