Product description ：

IQF cut balsam pear should be prepared from fresh, sound balsam pear according with good commercial practice. And they must be metal detected before being shipped out.

Color:       uniform bright green or light green 

Smell:                 typical

Taste:                 bitter taste of the variety

size: 

Natural diameter

L:40-60mm

Microbiological and chemical characteristics：

Total count 30℃:         ≤10x106/ g     

Total Coliform:           ≤1000 / g      

E. Coli:                ≤10 / g       

Yeasts and moulds   5000 / g

Staphylococcus Aureus  100 / g

Listeria monocytogenes  Absent / 25g

Salmonella ( 25 g)   Absent / 25 g

Tolerances /500g：

FM         NIL 

EVM       NIL

Discoloration      3%

Major blemishes     2/kg

Minor blemishes     5/kg

Damage       2/kg

Shelf live:          24 month by –18 degrees celsius

Freezing:           I.Q.F. –40 degrees Celsius

 balsam pear slice