Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 4 - DIVISION OF MARKETING AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 44 - STANDARDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS › Section 4-44-8 - Standards for frozen papaya puree

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in this
				section:
"Absence of defects" means the degree of freedom from seeds,
				  portions of seeds, harmless extraneous material, papain, objectionable
				  material, and other defects not specifically mentioned that affect the
				  appearance or drinking quality of the product.
"Fairly free from defects" means practically no seeds or
				  portions of seeds are present; the appearance and drinking quality of the
				  prepared papaya drink are not seriously affected by dark specks, objectionable
				  material, any other defect not specifically mentioned, or any combination of
				  these defects; the aggregate area of any black or brown deposit at the bottom
				  of the centrifuge tube after centrifuging does not exceed the area of a circle
				  three-sixteenths inch in diameter; the clotting time of the papaya puree is not
				  less than five minutes when tested according to the method in subsection (f)
				  for determining presence of papain; and the mold count does not exceed fifteen
				  per cent.
"Fairly good consistency" means the prepared papaya drink
				  flows readily; is not excessively thick; has a viscometer reading of not less
				  than twenty-three seconds at twenty-five degrees celsius; and contains not less
				  than twenty per cent centrifuged solids.
"Frozen papaya puree" is the undiluted, unconcentrated,
				  unfermented juice and pulp in natural proportions from the sound, mature, fresh
				  fruit of the papaya tree (Carica papaya), which fruit has been properly washed;
				  is packed with or without fruit acids or ascorbic acid; is processed in
				  accordance with good commercial practice; and is frozen and maintained at
				  temperatures sufficient for the preservation of the product.
"Good color" means the color of the prepared papaya drink is
				  fairly typical of a drink prepared from freshly extracted papaya puree, is
				  light yellow to orange, and is free from browning or other abnormal color by
				  any cause.
"Good consistency" means the prepared papaya drink flows
				  readily; shows no tendency to separate; has a viscosity reading of not less
				  than twenty-eight seconds at twenty-five degrees celsius; and contains not less
				  than twenty-five per cent centrifuged solids.
"Good flavor" means the prepared papaya drink has the fine,
				  distinct, and substantially typical flavor of a papaya drink prepared from
				  freshly expressed puree and the flavor is free from bitter, putrefactive,
				  oxidized, immature fruit, or other off-flavors; the soluble solids reading is
				  not less than ten and one-half per cent; and the acid reading is not more than
				  fifteen-hundredths gram per one hundred grams of puree.
"Harmless extraneous material" includes, but is not limited
				  to, portions of seeds, placenta, or peel that will pass through round
				  perforations not exceeding 0.03125 inch in diameter.
"Practically free from defects" means no seeds or portions of
				  seeds are present; the drinking quality and appearance of the prepared drink
				  are not more than slightly affected by the presence of dark specks,
				  objectionable material, harmless extraneous material, any other defect not
				  specifically mentioned, or any combination of these defects; the aggregate area
				  of any black or brown deposit at the bottom of the centrifuge tube after
				  centrifuging does not exceed an area of a circle two-sixteenths inch in
				  diameter; the clotting time of the papaya puree is not less than seven minutes
				  when tested according to the method in subsection (f) for determining presence
				  of papain; and the mold count does not exceed fifteen per cent.
"Prepared papaya drink" means the papaya puree diluted with
				  water based on the manufacturer's directions or label specification, or by the
				  addition of two and one-half volumes of potable water to one volume of
				  puree.
"Reasonably good flavor" means the prepared papaya drink has
				  a flavor fairly typical of a papaya drink prepared from freshly expressed
				  papaya puree and the flavor is practically free from bitter, putrefactive,
				  oxidized, immature fruit, or other off-flavors and free from abnormal flavors
				  of any kind; and the papaya puree has a soluble solids reading of not less than
				  nine and one-half per cent and an acid reading of not less than one-tenth gram
				  per one hundred grams of puree.
"Seeds or portion of seeds" means any intact seed or any
				  portion of a seed that will not pass through a round perforation 0.03125 inch
				  in diameter.
"Very good color" means the color is light yellow to orange,
				  is typical of nectar prepared from freshly extracted papaya puree, and is free
				  from browning or other abnormal color by any cause.
(b) Hawaii Grade A or Hawaii Fancy frozen
				papaya puree is the quality of frozen papaya puree which mixes readily into a
				papaya drink that possesses the amount of pulp and cloud necessary to
				substantially reflect the appearance of a papaya drink prepared from freshly
				expressed papaya puree; that possesses a very good color, good consistency, and
				good flavor; and that is practically free from defects and scores not less than
				eighty-five points by the scoring system in subsection (e).
(c) Hawaii Grade B or Hawaii Choice frozen
				papaya puree is the quality of frozen papaya puree which mixes readily into a
				papaya drink that possesses the amount of pulp and cloud necessary to
				reasonably reflect the appearance of a papaya drink prepared from freshly
				expressed papaya puree; that possesses a good color, fairly good consistency,
				and reasonably good flavor; and that is fairly free from defects and scores not
				less than seventy points by the scoring system in subsection (e).
(d) Substandard frozen papaya puree is the
				quality of frozen papaya puree that fails to meet the requirements of
				subsections (b) and (c).
(e) The
				grade of frozen papaya puree shall be ascertained by considering both the
				factor of quality which is not scored (ease of mixing into a papaya drink) and
				those factors which are scored. The importance of each factor which is scored
				shall be expressed numerically on the scale of one hundred. The maximum number
				of points which may be given to specific quality factors shall be twenty points
				for color; twenty-five points for consistency; twenty points for absence of
				defects; and thirty-five points for flavor. The score points for each quality
				factor shall be determined before or immediately after the product has been
				prepared as a papaya drink. Frozen papaya puree which falls into a particular
				classification for any quality factor shall not be assigned a grade indicative
				of a higher classification regardless of the total score for the product. The
				following quality classifications shall apply to frozen papaya puree:
(1) Color classifications shall be as
				follows:
(A) Frozen papaya puree which
				possesses a very good color when prepared as a papaya drink may be given a
				score of seventeen to twenty points and shall be classified as fancy;
(B) Frozen papaya puree which possesses a
				good color when prepared as a papaya drink may be given a score of fourteen to
				sixteen points and shall be classified as choice; and
(C) Frozen papaya puree which fails to meet
				the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) when prepared as a papaya drink
				may be given a score of zero to thirteen points and shall be classified as
				substandard;