MINIMUM TOLERANCES FOR WARE POTATOES INTENDED FOR MARKETS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
The tolerances below will be applied unless the importing country's requirements are stricter.
| Disease, pest, damage and defect | Tolerance 1 | Allowable surface area cover |
|---|
Rot diseases blight, dry rot, pink rot, watery wound rot, bacterial rots, blackleg, pit rot, gangrene, frost | 1% | |
Surface diseases skin spot, black scurf, common scab, powdery scab, silver scurf | 2% | 12.5% per disease |
| Virus diseases and internal defects | 2% | |
| Damaged and misshapen tubers | 1% | |
| Greening | 1% | 12.5% 2 |
| Aggregate of the 5 groups above | 6% | |
| Soil and other extraneous matter | 0.5% | |
1 Tolerances are by weight
2 No surface area cover allowed if the greening is more than skin deep