IQF Frozen Carrot
February 29, 2012 at 3:22 pm | Frozen vegetable | No comment
Ingredient Specifications For Frozen Carrot
General Description: Processing carrotsare to be prepared from whole, fresh, sound rawmaterials that is free from all toxic residues and taints, which are washed, blanched, sorted, drained, freezed and packed. All vegetables are grown and processed in China. The final product shall comply with all currentUSDA standardand E.C. Food Legislation.
Precessing: The carrotsare delivered fresh to the factory, each load is sampled and assessed forforeign material and physical defects. The load is then cleaned, frozen and filled into bulk palletainers.The carrots are sampled and assessed against specification. The palletainers are thenlabelled and transferred to the cold store, where they are stored at –20°C until required for packing.
Type: Stripes, Dices, Cuts, Whole
Size: Strips 4*4mm x 4-5cm, 5*5mm x 5cm,
Dices 10 x 10 x 10mm
Cuts 4-6g, 6-8g, 8-10g
Quality Control:
Checks are carried out on the following:
Processing: Raw material
Final Product
Temperature
Packing: Metal detection
Final product physical defect levels
Organolepsis
Case sealing
Case coding and print quality ,Check weighing
Analytical characteristics:
|
Analysis |
Specifications |
Method |
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Organoleptic
|
|
|
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- Visible yeast/mould |
Max. 0.1% w/w |
Visual and lab testing |
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- Mechanically deformed |
Max.1% w/w |
Visual |
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- Defect color |
None |
Visual |
|
-Partly defect color |
Max.1% w/w |
Visual |
|
-Foreign matter (Unnatural for the fruit) |
None |
X-ray, Matel detector, Visual |
|
-Contamination |
None |
Visual and lab testing |
|
-Blockfrozen berries |
Max.2% w/w |
Visual |
|
-Impurities on the fruit |
0 effacted by instects and/or diseases |
Visual |
|
-Hem(Harmlell extraneous Matter:leaves, caps, bracts, etc) |
Not more than 1/4 square inch per 16oz net weight by USDA Grade A |
Visual |
Microbiological characteristics:
|
Analysis |
Specifications |
|
Total Plate Count |
< 50,000 cfu/g |
|
Yeast and Mold |
< 1,000 cfu/g |
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Coliform |
<30 cfu/g |
|
E.Coli |
Neg. |
|
Stapylococcus aureus |
Neg. |
|
Bacillus cereus |
Neg. |
|
Salmonella Sp. |
Neg. |
|
Listeria Monocytogenes |
Neg. |
Packing: New carton not stapled holding 10kgs x1 net with blue food grade polythene lining ,
1kgs x10 or other small pack as per the requirement
Storage: Recommended Storage Conditions:Frozen (- 18ºC): 2 Years
Marking: Supplier’s name
Product Name
Production date and batch number
Net Weight
Storage conditions: – 18ºC
Country of origin
The packer reserves the right to change the specification for an individual crop,if the product variations are caused by untypical conditions and natural fluctuation.