GB/T 40964-2021Standard operating procedure of cold-chain circulation for peach (English PDF)
桃冷链流通技术操作规程
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
November 26, 2021
Implementation date
June 1, 2022
Scope
GB/T 40964-2021 is the English-translated version of 桃冷链流通技术操作规程.
GB/T 40964-2021 sets out the operating procedure for keeping fresh peaches in a cold chain from the orchard to the point of sale. It gives the technical requirements for each link: harvesting, grading, pre-cooling, storage, delivery, packaging, labelling, transport and sales.
On harvesting it covers the choice of weather, picking in stages and batches according to maturity and selling distance, gentle handling with the stalk kept, plastic turnover boxes and keeping picked fruit in a cool, ventilated place, and grading starts from sensory requirements on freshness, defects and shape.
It refers to NY/T 586 for maturity and to national rules on peach storage, logistics packaging and fresh fruit labelling. Growers, packers, logistics operators and retailers of fresh peaches use it. It was issued on 26 November 2021 and has applied since 1 June 2022.
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Document preview — GB/T 40964-2021
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 67.080.01
- Classification
- B 31
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative application documents
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Requirements
Foreword
This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.
1 Scope
This standard specifies the technical requirements for the cold chain circulation links of peach harvesting, grading, pre-cooling, storage, delivery, packaging, labeling, transportation, and sales.
This standard applies to the cold chain circulation of fresh peaches.
2 Normative application documents
The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated reference documents, only the dated version applies to this document. For undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.
GB/T 26904 Technical Regulations for Storage of Peach
GB/T 34344 General technical requirements for agricultural product logistics packaging materials
NY/T 586 Fresh peach
NY/T 1778 General Rules for the Labeling of Fresh Fruit Packaging
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions defined in NY/T 586 apply to this document.
3.1 Cold-chain circulation
Refrigeration technology is used as a means to keep fresh agricultural products post-harvest processing, pre-cooling, storage, transportation, distribution, sales and other links always suitable Low temperature circulation system.
3.2 Precooling
After the fruit is harvested, the field heat is quickly removed, and the initial temperature quickly drops to a suitable storage and transportation temperature above the freezing point.
4 Requirements
4.1 Harvest
4.1.1 It is advisable to choose sunny days to harvest, avoid rainy, foggy, or after rain and sunny days with high temperature and dew.
4.1.2 When harvesting reaches harvestable maturity, harvest in stages and batches. Freshly sold at close distance within 500km, it should be harvested in full, medium and long-distance over 500km For long-distance sales or storage, it is advisable to harvest them at eight or nine years of maturity. The maturity should be judged according to the fruit ripening period and color, sugar content, hardness and other indicators. The body is implemented in accordance with the provisions of NY/T 586.
4.1.3 When harvesting, turn the fruit gently, keep the stalk, and handle it gently to prevent mechanical damage.
4.1.4 The transportation packaging for harvesting should adopt plastic turnover boxes, and mechanical damage should be avoided during harvesting and transportation.
4.1.5 The harvested fruits should be placed in a cool and ventilated place, and avoid the sun or rain.
4.2 Classification
4.2.1 Sensory requirements
The fruit should be fresh and clean, free from bumps, diseases and insect pests and other fruit surface defects, without abnormal external moisture, and should have the normal fruit shape and color of this variety […]
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Related Standards
GB/T 26904-2020 — Code of practice for peaches storage
GB/T 34344-2017 — General technical requirement of packaging materials for agricultural products logistics
NY/T 1778-2009 — General rule for packaging and marking of fresh fruits
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