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Product: Dried Swtnd Red Tart Cherries

 

Critical Characteristics

1. Moisture: 10-15% (Karl Fisher Method)

2. Oil: <1.0% by weight

3. Flavor: Shall be typical of sweetened dried red tart cherries

Preservatives: None applied

4. Pit Count: 1 pit or pit fragment in 10lbs

5. General Defects: 10% Max

6. Microbiological:

Total Plate Count: <500 cfu/gram

Yeast and Mold: <250 cfu/gram

Coliform:<1 mpn/gm

E. coli: <1 mpn/gm

7. Shelf Life: 12 months <75F and <65RH