هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية  
GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO)  
 
 
مشروع نهائي  
Final  Draft  of Standard FDS 
 
 
 
 
اعداد اللجنة الفنية الخليجية رقم  TC 05 
 
Prepared by GSO Technical Committee No. TC 05 
 
 
 
GSO  05/ FDS      : 2017 
 
 
 
التوت المعلب  
  Canned raspberries  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ICS:  67.080  
 
This document is a draft GSO Standard 
circulated for comments. It is, therefore, 
subject to alteration and modification and 
may not be referred to as a GSO Standard 
until approved by GSO . هذه الوثيقة مشروع ل مواصفة قياسية خليجية تم توزيعها 
لإبداء الرأي والملحوظات بشأنها، لذلك فإنها عرضة 
لتغيير والتبديل، ولا يجوز الرجوع إليها كمواصفة قياسية 
خليجية إلا بعد اعتمادها من الهيئة. 
 
 
 
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تقديم 
 
     هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون الخليج العربية هيئة اقليمية تضم في عضويتها 
أجهزة التقييس الوطنية في الدول الأعضاء، ومن مهام الهيئة إعداد المواصفات القياسية 
واللوائح الفنية الخليجية بواسطة لجان فنية متخصصة. 
 
قرر ( المجلس الفني لـ/ مجلس إدارة ) هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج 
العربية في اجتماعه رقم ( ) الذي عقد ب تاريخ  /  /   ه، الموافق /  /  م اعتماد            
( المواصفة القياسية / اللائحة الفنية )  الخليجية (      / التوت المعلب ) باللغة           
( العربية / الإنجليزية ) التي تم دراستها واعدادها ضمن برنامج عمل اللجنة الفنية الخليجية 
رقم ( TC 05) " اللجنة الفنية الخليجية للمواصفات الغذائية والزراعية " المدرجة في خطة 
دولة قطر. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Canned raspberries  
 
 
1- Scope and field of application:  
 This Gulf standard is concerned with canned raspberries  of the genus ( Rubus idaeus 
L. or Rubus occidentalis L .). 
 
 
2-  Complementary standards:  
2.1 GSO (9) "Labeling of prepackaged foodstuffs".  
2.2  GSO (20) "Methods for the determination of contaminating metallic elements In   
                   foodstuffs  ". 
2.3              GSO (21)"Hygienic regulations for fo od plants and their personnel ".  
2.4             GSO (22) "Methods of test for colouring matter used in foodstuffs  ". 
2.5             GSO (23) " Coloring matters used in foodstuffs ". 
2.6             GSO (150) "Expiration dates for food products ".  
2.7         GSO ( 244) "Methods of test for vegetables, fruits and their products, first part  : 
Organoleptic examination, determination of net weight and drain ed weight, 
determination of apparent viscosity, determination of extraneous matter and 
defective fruits  ". 
2.8             GSO (382) "  Maximum allowable limits of pesticide residues in agricultural  
                   and food products - Part 1 ".  
2.9             GSO (383) "  Maximum allowable limits of pesticide residues in agricultural and   
food products - Part  2 ".  
2.10           GSO (5 90)  " Microbiological methods of food examination – Commercial sterility 
test for canned food  ".  
2.11           GSO (839)  "Food packages – Part1: General requirements "  
2.12           GSO (988) "Limits of radioactivity l evels permitted in foodstuffs - Part1".  
2.13           GSO  (998) "Methods for detection of permissible radionuclide's limits         
                  in foodstuffs - Part 1: Gamma spectrometry analysis CS134, CS 137  . 
2.14           GSO  (1016 ) "Microbiolo gical criteria for foodstuffs - Part 1".  
2.15  GSO (1287) " Methods of sampling of prepackaged fruit and vegetable products "  
2.16           GSO (1791)  " Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs "  
 
 
3-               Definitions:  
   
                  Canned raspberries :  
                  Canned raspberries  is the product prepared from raspberries  of varieties 
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 occidentalis L .which are reasonably whole , reasonably sound  ripe fruit and from 
which extraneous matter including calices and stems have been removed; packed 
with water or other suitable liquid packing medium; and processed by heat in an 
appropriate manner, before or after being sealed in a container, so as to pre vent 
spoilage.  
              
 
4-               Packing media :  
 
4.1             Canned raspberries  may be packed in any one of the following:  
4.1.1          Water - in which water is the sole packing medium . 
4.1.2          Fruit Juice - in which raspberrie s juice, or any other compatible fruit juice is the  
                  sole packing medium.  
4.1.3         Water and fruit juices  - in which water and raspberries  juice, or water and any other  
                 single fruit juice or water and two or more fru it juices, are combined to form the 
packing medium . 
4.1.4           Mixed fruit juices - in which two or more fruit juices, which may include  
                  raspberries , are combined to form the packing medium.  
4.1.5        With sugar - any of the forego ing packing media 4.1. 1 through 4.1.4 may have one 
or more of the sugars allow in this standard.  
 
 
4.2             Classification of packing media when sugars are added  :  
 
4.2.1          When sugars are added to raspberries  juice or other fruit juices, th e liquid media  
                  shall  be not less than 1 50 Brix and shall be classified on the basi s of the cut -out 
                  strength as follows:  
4.2.1.1       Lightly sweetened (name of fruit) juice - Not less than 1 50 Brix 
4.2.1.2       Heavil y sweetened (name of fruit) juice - Not less than 200 Brix 
 
4.2.2       When sugars are added to water or water and raspberries  juice or water and fruit 
juices the liquid media shall be classified on the basis of the cut -out strength as 
follows:  
4.2.2.1         Light Syrup - Not less than 1 50 Brix 
4.2.2.2         Heavy Syrup - Not less than 200 Brix 
 
4.3              packing media may be used:  
4.3.1           Slightly Sweetened Water  
4.3.2           Water Slightly Sweetened        Not less than 1 10 Brix but le ss than 140 Brix 
4.3.3            Extra Light Syrup  
4.3.4            Extra Heavy Syrup                  More than 2 60  Brix 
 
4.4             The cut -out strength of sweetened juice or syrup shall be determined on sample     
                  average, but no container may have a Brix value lower t han that of the minimum 
of the  next category . 
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5-               Defects :  
5.1        Blemished be rries consisting of berries which are affected by wind rub, insects, 
disease, or which are deformed to the extent that  the appearance or eating quality 
is materially affected.  
5.2         Crushed or broken berries ( consisting of berries in which more than 50% of the 
drupelets are crushed, broken, detached, or otherwise damaged conformation is 
destroyed ).  
5.3           Extraneous plant material contain Stalks (stems) or parts thereof, each longer than 3 
mm and Leaves, calices, or portions of any of these,  or other similar harmless 
extraneous plant material .         
 
 
6-                Requirements:  
 The following require ments shall be met  in canned raspberries : 
6.1  Physical requirements :  
6.1.1       The raspberries  shall  be complete maturity and have  sensory properties  of  the 
raspberries  
6.1.2            The used fruits shall  be consistent  and free from  scratches, brui ses, damage, insect  
                   and fungal infection , and other s. 
6.1.3        The fruits shall  be free from  any fermentation or decompose in its tissues  or 
ingredients.      
6.1.4           Except for artificially coloured canned strawberries, th e strawberries shall have  
                   normal colour characteristics for canned strawberries and typical of the variety 
used.  
6.1.5           Canned raspberries  shall have a normal flavour and odour free from flavours and   
                   odours  foreign to the product.  
6.1.6           The raspberries  shall have a reasonably uniform texture and shall not be  
                   excessively  firm or unreasonably soft.  
 
6.2        All raw  and additive  materials used in the production shall comply with  Gulf 
Standards specific to each.  
6.3       The products  shall be prepared  and packaged  with special care under Good  
manufacturing Practice (GMP)  according to the Gulf Standard mentioned in item 
( 2.3 ).   
6.4             The net weight  of package content s shall not be less than 90% of the water  
                  capacity of the package  and  drained weight  not be less than 37%. 
6.5             The following sugars  are permitted to be added : 
                   sucrose, invert sugar  syrup, dextrose, dried g lucose syrup and glucose syrup.  
6.6              Artificial color are allowed to be  added to the canned raspberries  that confirm 
with Gulf standard mentioned in ( 2.5 )   . 
 
 
6.7           The Contaminating metal lic elements shall not exceed  the limits ind icated in front 
of each of them in table  ( 1 ) .  
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 Table ( 1 )  
Elements  Maximum level  
Lead ( Pb )  1 ppm  
Tin ( Sn )  250 ppm  calculated as Sn  
       
6.8              Defects shall not exceed the allowable maximum limits described in table ( 2 ).  
 
Table  (  2 ) 
 
Defects  Maximum limits  
Blemished berries  10 % m/m of drained 
raspberries       
         25 % combined  
Crushed or b roken berries  25% m/m of drained 
raspberries  
Stalks (stems) or parts thereof, each 
longer than 3 mm  2 piece per 100 grammes of drain ed 
raspberries  
Leaves, calices, or portions of any of 
these, or other similar harmless 
extraneous plant material   
2 sq. cm. per 100 grammes of drained 
raspberries  
  
6.9              The product shall not have other defects other than these mentioned in i tem ( 6.8 ).          
 
6.01        The maximum limits for pesticides residues in agricultural food products shall not 
exceed the limits given in the Gulf standard mentioned in ( 2. 8 ), ( 2.9 ) .  
6.10           The radiation requirements shall not exceed the  limits given in the  Gulf standard 
mentioned in  ( 2.12 ). 
6.12           Microbiological characteristics shall not exceed the limits given in the  Gulf 
Standard mentioned in item (  2.14 ). 
 
 
7-  Sampling : 
 Samples shall be taken in accordance with the Gul f Standard stated in item             
( 2.15 ). 
 
 
8-  Tests  methods :  
                   Tests shall be carried out on the representative sample taken according to Item            
                  ( 7 ) to determine its compliance with the following testi ng methods:  
8.1              Determination of net weight and drained weight, apparent viscosity, extraneous 
matter and defective fruits  accordance to GSO standard mentioned in Item ( 2. 7 ). 
8.2  Determination of contaminating metallic elements  according to  the Gulf Standard 
mentioned in item ( 2.2 ).  
8.3  Determination of  radioactivity according to the Gulf Standard mentioned in item 
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 8.4            Microbiological tests shall be carried out according to the Gulf standard mentioned 
in item (  2.10 ). 
8.5             Colouring matter shall be detected  according to the Gulf standard mentioned in  
                  item ( 2.4 ). 
8.6             In case of tin cans , they  shall  be tested to make  sure they are free from  excessive   
                 bloating, rust and corrosion in the inner coating layer .  
8.7         To measure the concentration  degree  of the packing media Refractometer  device 
shall be used at temperature of 20OC expressed as Brix degree .  
 
 
9.  Packing  :  
                   Without prejudice to what has been mentioned in Gulf standards stated in Items     
( 2.11 ), ( 2. 16 ) The product  shall be  packing in  suitable and hygienic container  
tightly closed to protect the safety and quality  of the product.  
 
 
10               Transportation  and Storage:  
 
10.1 Transportation:  
 Transportation of the product shall be carried out using means that ensure its 
protection from  damage and contamination.  
 
10.2  Storage:  
 The product shall be stored in well -ventilated stores far from sources of heat , 
moisture  and contamination.  
 
11.  Labeling:  
 Without prejudice to what is mentioned in the Gulf S tandards stated in item (2.1) 
the following label shall be declared on the label :  
11.1 The packing medium  according to  item ( 4) .  
11.2  Optional food addit ives that are added and quantities . 
11.3  Production and expiration date  of the product according to the Gulf standard 
mentioned in item (  2.6 ). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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المراجع الرئيسية Main references                                                                                             
            
 
مواصفة  لجنة دستور الاغذية     
رقم 61  / 0980 
التوت المعلب Codex standard  
  
 
 
 
CAC No. 61 / 1980  
 
 
 
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