Moderate dehydration masks the surface color of the product and affects more than 5 percent up to and including 15 percent of the surface area. If more then 15 percent of the surface area is affected, each additional 15 percent of surface area affected is another instance. Moderate dehydration can be readily removed by scraping with a blunt instrument. It affects more than 5 percent up to and including 10 percent of the surface area. If more than 10 percent of the surface area is affected, each additional 10 percent of surface area affected is another instance.
Excessive dehydration requires a knife or other sharp instrument to remove.
This defect refers to the degree of conformity to the declared size. It includes deviations from the standard length, width or thickness. Only one deviation for each dimension shall be counted. Underweight refers to underweight deviations from the stated weight. The total number of model units that would be affected adversely is the number of instances.