GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO)  
 
Draft : Final   
 
 
GSO 05/ FDS ……/2013  
 
 
Vegetables and fruit and their products - Turnip brassica rapa  
 
 
 
Prepared by 
The Gulf Technical committee for Standards of Food and Agriculture products  
ICS: 67.080 .20 
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.  GSO STANDARD  GSO FDS  …… /2013  
 
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 Foreword  
 
GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) is a regional Organization which consists of the 
National Standards Bodies of GCC member States. One of GSO main functions is to issue 
Gulf Standards /Technical  regulations throu gh specialized technical committees (TCs).  
 
GSO through the technical program of committee TC No 5 " Technical committee for 
Standards of Food and Agriculture products " has prepared this Standard. The Draft has 
been prepared by (Republic of Yemen).  
The dra ft has been prepared in both Arabic and English language based on relevant ADMO, 
International and National foreign Standards and references.  
 
This standard has been approved as a Gulf Standard by GSO Board of Directors in its meeting 
No.( ),held on/ / H ,  / / G.  
 
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 Vegetables and fruit and their products - Turnip brassica rapa  
 
1 Scope  and filed of application
 
This GSO standard applies of specific requirements Turnip brassica rapa and include 
packaging, Labeling and methods of test . 
 
2  Normative references 
 
2.1 GSO 9, Labeling of prepackaged food stuffs.  
2.2 GSO 382, Maximum allowable limits of pesticides residue in agricultural and food 
products – Part 1.  
2.3 GSO 839, Food packages – Part 1: General requirements.  
2.4 GSO 125, Methods of sampling fresh  fruits and vegetables.  
2.5 GSO 244, Methods of test for vegetables, fruits and their products – Part 1: 
Organoleptic examination, determination of net weight and drained weight, 
determination of approve viscosity, determination of head space, determinati on of 
extraneous matter, defective fruits.  
2.6 GSO 123, General Requirements For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables .  
2.7 GSO 124, General Requirements For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Boxes . 
2.8 Standard which organization shall be approved concerned with "  Contaminants & 
toxins in food ".  
 
3 Definitions  
 
  Turnip is a crop vegetative which is cultivated from brassica rapa, which is used its 
roots bloated in pickling, and may use crop and promoted in this case taking off plants 
is very small and before they get too large.  
 
4 Requirements  
 
  The following requirements shall be met in fresh Turnip:  
4.1  Uprooting fruit shall be identical with the minimum conditions for the harvest of fresh 
trading.  
4.2  The fruits of the package shall be homogeneous in terms of  size, maturity and quality.  
4.3  The fresh fruits shall be clear, sound, fleshy.  
4.4  The fruits shell be free from extraneous taste and smell.  
4.5  The fruits shell be free of insect injury disease and its implications.  
4.6  The pesticide residues sh all be in the permissible limits according to the standard mentio ned 
in item (2.2).  
4.7  It shall be free from heavy metals except the permitted percentages according to the standard 
mentioned in item (2.8)  GSO STANDARD  GSO FDS  …… /2013  
 
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 4.8  Roots access to the appropriate size for th e degree of maturity .  
4.9  Complete on coloration of the upper part of the root red, violet and white basal part.  
4.10  The vegetatie part is completely light green.  
4.11  Cohesion (Solidity) fleshy root.  
4.12  Quality grade: T urnips fruits graduating in terms of quality to the following degrees ;  
4.12.1 First – second; Accordance to the allowable defects ratios in each grade, tolerances in 
requirements according to general following limits;  
Defected  tolerances  
(maximum weight)  Quality grade  
First  Second  
Wounds and cracked root  5% 10% 
Surface wrinkling (curling) as 
a result of the presence of 
secondary roots  5% 10% 
Hollow root  5% 10% 
Total percentages  of excesses 
(tolerance) in the defects and 
general requirements 
(maximum limits weight ) 15% 25% 
The percentage of in cadence 
of rot and insects insightful  2% Less than 5%  
 
4.12.2 Gradient size:  
Gradient size  Fruits diameter  
Big size  > 7 cm  
Medium size  5 – 7 cm  
Small size  Less than 5 cm  
 
5 Packaging  
 
5.1  Turnip fruits may package in any suitabl e containers.  
5.2  Without prejudice to what has been mentioned in the standard s mentioned in item s 
(2.3, 2.7).  
5.2.1   The container shall protect the pocked fruits in enough and do not cause any damage 
to the fruits and help trading and marketing be eas ier.  
5.2.2   The container may allow the enough ventilation for fruits and its dimensions.  
5.2.3   The container design and its dimensions allow.  
 
6 Sampling  
 
  Samples are taken according to the standard mentioned in item (2.4) .  
 
7 Methods test  
 
  Test are experienced according to the standard mentioned in item (2.5).  GSO STANDARD  GSO FDS  …… /2013  
 
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8 Labe lling  
 
  Without prejudice to what has been mentioned in standard mentioned in item (2.1) the 
following information shall be written clearly in Arabic  and may be written in oth er 
foreign languages in addition to Arabic .  
8.1  Name of the product.  
8.2  Name of and address of the packer and the production area and trademark, if any.  
8.3  Quality grade.  
8.4  Class volumetric.  
8.5  Net weight by international units.  
8.6  Packing date.