Product: Artisan Charcoal (Marab).
Common Name: Marabu
Scientific name: Dichrostachys cinerea.
HS Code: 4402900000
it has become a serious invasive species problem, occupying about 4,900,000 acres (20,000 km2) of agricultural land. That the main reason to exploit it as a source of biomass for renewable power generation. The Artisan Charcoal in Cuba is produce completely following the artisanal techniques passed from generation to generations of specialized producers that call themselves carboneros or charcoal man. The quality follows the Cuban Norm for this kind of product No. 580: 2008.
Variety: Chili Pepper Chili Pepper red and yellow
Technical Characteristics: It is known that the fruit is suitable for harvest when it reaches its optimal size according to variety and when the skin reaches its greatest shine.
How chili pepper benefits: Once the fruit has its physiological maturity, which is acquired when it achieves the typical homogeneous color of the variety, it is collected by separating the fruit from the plant by preserving the peduncle at 3 cm and placed in plastic or cardboard boxes for transfer to the profit center.
Benefit: The firmness of each fruit is checked, cleaned of dust or any visible substance, free of any pest slight can be affected or damaged mechanically. They are then differentiated by their color and size, giving as a
two qualities result: Select Quality and First Quality.
Quality: Select Quality (Extra): fruit of 50-30 grams. First Quality: 25 to 20 grams per fruit.
Seasonality: October to May
Preservation: +10oC and 85-90% Moisture Shelf Period: 10 days
â?¢ Harvest. This is done according to the market and destination: (red and yellow). One of the main requirements for harvesting for export is that it is always harvested with the green peduncle. There two categories were harvested: Select spicy chili peppers of 30 grams per fruit and 20 grams per fruit.
1.2 Packaging
â?¢ The Chilies must be packaged in such a way that the product is properly protected.
â?¢ The contents of each package must be homogeneous and have only fruits of the same origin, variety, category and caliber. For extra categories and should be homogeneous in terms of maturity and color.
Materials used inside the container must be new, clean and of such quality as to avoid any external or internal damage to the product. The use of materials, in particular paper or stamps, is permitted, commercial indications, as long as they are printed or labeled with ink or non-toxic glue.
The Chilies must be arranged in packages that conform to CN 517/2007.
In addition, all provisions for packaging according to NC 452/2014 shall be complied with.
1.3 Transportation, Handling and other information:
The product will be transported in clean vehicles, which do not have sharp parts. Transport will be avoided during the hours of a higher solar incidence. In addition, CN 517/2007 will be complied with. The vehicle used for transport may not contain any residues of pesticides or toxic substances.
The boxes will be handled with care avoiding dragging and hitting them according to 455/2006.
Net weight x box: ± 3 kg
Number of boxes per pallet: 100
Pallet dimensions: 150 x 120 x100 cm
Storage temperature: 8- 10 º
Parameters Specifications ICUMSA Analytical Methods
Polarization Min. 99.0 ^ GS1/2/3/9-1 (2011)
Color Max. 1500 u GS1/3-7 (2011)
Moisture Max. 0,20 % GS2/1/3/9-15 (2007)
Ashes Max. 0,20 % GS1/3/4/7/8-13 (1994)
Reducing Sugars Max. 0,30% GS1-5 (2009) Luff Schoort
Dextran Max. 350 ppm GS1/2/9-15 (2011)
Starch Max. 300 ppm GS 1-17 (2009)
Molasses is a viscous product resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies by amount of sugar, method of extraction, and age of plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used for sweetening and flavoring foods in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. Sugar beet molasses is foul-smelling and unpalatable, so it is mostly used as an animal feed additive in Europe and Russia, where it is chiefly produced. Molasses is a defining component of fine commercial brown sugar.
Brix % 85.0-88.0, Polarization % 46.0 - 61.0 , Purity % 52.0- 58.0, Sucrose % 45.0 - 48.0 , Reducers %12.0 -15.0 , Total Sugar % 57.0- 63.0 , Ashes % 9.0 - 15.0
Molasses can be used:
As the principal ingredient in the distillation of rum
In dark rye breads or other whole grain breads
In some cookies and pies
In gingerbread (particularly in the Americas)
In barbecue sauces
In beer styles such as stouts and porters
To stabilize emulsification of home-made vinaigrette
To reconstitute brown sugar by combining it with white sugar
As a humectant in jerky processing
As a source for yeast production
Scientific name: Turmeric longa L.
Family: Zingiberaceae
Gender: Turmeric
Species: Turmeric longa L
1.1-Minimum quality requirements.
In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and tolerances
turmeric should be:
- whole, including the main and secondary rhizome.
- fresh; firm:
- clean, virtually free of any visible foreign matter.
- virtually free of odors and/or strange flavors.
- the product affected by rot or deterioration, and which is not fit for consumption is excluded.
- virtually pest-free and damage caused by pests affecting the overall appearance of the product:
- virtually free of mechanical and/or physiological damage; And
- virtually free of surface moisture excluding condensation.
Turmeric should be harvested when it has reached an adequate degree of development according to the
characteristics of the area in which it is grown. The development and condition of turmeric must be
allow them to:
- support transport and handling; And
- Arrive in satisfactory condition at the destination.
3. SIZE PROVISIONS
The size is determined by weight according to the following table:
Calibre Weight in gr
1 200
2 125-200
1.2 Packaging
In corrugated cardboard boxes, homogeneous, properly labeled Conchita brand.
Clean boxes composed of materials that do not cause alterations to the product.
Storage:
- Temperature: + 13 C/55.4 F
- Open ventilation: 10 m3/hr
- Relative humidity 65-67 %
