The Director shall provide inspection for testing of soluble solids.
The Director shall record the percentage of soluble solids on the certificate. The determination shall not be cause for rejection.
The testing equipment shall be approved and provided by the Director. The refractometers shall be a hand type, temperature compensated with a 0 to 30 scale and/or a digital bench type, temperature compensated with at least a 0 to 30 scale. The Director will consider equipment recommendations of the Canning Tomato Advisory Committee.
The sample to be tested for soluble solids shall be collected in conjunction with or as a portion of the normal representative sample.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 1333.1
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 40761, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 40531, 40781, 40811, 40961 and 41005, Food and Agricultural Code.