Post-Harvest Profile of Grapes - Agmarknet

Benefits:
1. Grading is beneficial to the farmers, traders as well as to the consumers.
2. Grading of the grapes before sale enables farmers to get better price for
their produce.
3. Grading helps the consumers to get standard quality produce at fair
price.
4. After grading, it is easier for the consumer to compare the prices of
different qualities of a produce in the market.
5. Grading also reduces the cost of marketing.
6. Grading helps in segregation of grapes for raisin making, juice making,
wine making etc.
3.3.1 Grade specifications:
i) Grading under AGMARK:
The Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 was enacted to
maintain the quality of agricultural produce in India. The Act authorizes the Central
Government to frame rules related to the fixing of grade standards and the
procedure to be adopted to grade the agricultural commodities included in the
schedules. In accordance with this Act, specifications have been drawn up for
grapes considering various quality factors.
The grade standards specified for grapes are notified by the Directorate of
Marketing and Inspection are as follow:
I] GRADE DESIGNATION AND QUALITY OF TABLE GRAPES:
1. Table Grapes shall be fruits obtained from varieties (cultivars) of Vitis vinifera
L.
2. Minimum requirements:
i) Bunches and berries of Table grapes shall be:
a. clean, sound, free of any visible foreign matter;
b. free of pests, affecting the general appearance of the produce;
c. free of damage caused by pests and diseases;
d. free of abnormal external moisture;
e. free of any foreign smell and / or taste;
f. free of all visible traces of moulds;
ii)
Berries shall be intact, well formed and normally developed,
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