Commercial quality checkpoints
- Origin and available variety
- External condition and defect tolerance
- Size / weight range
- Firmness / ripeness expectation
- Packaging and labelling
- Loading window and transport plan
- Documents and certificates applicable to the lot
Why this matters
Different buyers serve different channels. A wholesale market, supermarket programme and food-service customer may define acceptable size, ripeness and presentation differently. A written specification reduces avoidable disputes.