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Garlic (Allium sativa ), is a plant with long, flat grasslike leaves and a papery hood around the flowers. The stalk rises directly from the flower bulb, which is the part of the plant used as food and medicine. The bulb is made up of many smaller bulbs covered with a papery skin known as cloves.
It is a an herbaceous, annual, bulbous plant in the family Amaryllidaceae grown for its pungent, edible bulb of the same name. … The stem is very short and flattened and gives way to a pseudostem, The garlic plant can possess 6–12 flat, blade-like leaves which can stretch up to 50 cm (19.7 in) long.
Product Name: Garlic
Botanical Name: Allium sativum
Tariff – HS Code: 070320
Local Productions: Approx 100,000 tonnes/Yrly
(i) “Extra” Class
Garlic in this class must be of superior quality. It must be characteristic of the variety
and/or commercial type.
The bulbs must be:
• of regular shape
• properly cleaned.
The cloves must be compact.
The roots must be cut close to the base of the bulb in the case of dry garlic.
Garlic must be free from defects, with the exception of very slight superficial defects,
provided these do not affect the general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping
quality and presentation in the package.
(ii) Class I
Garlic in this class must be of good quality. It must be characteristic of the variety and/or
commercial type.
The cloves must be reasonably compact.
The following slight defects, however, may be allowed, provided these do not affect the
general appearance of the produce, the quality, the keeping quality and presentation in the
package:
• slight tears in the outer skin of the bulb
• a slight defect in shape.
(iii) Class II
This class includes garlic that does not qualify for inclusion in the higher classes but
satisfies the minimum requirements specified above.
Firm bulbs, not soft or spongy; smooth, juicy internal flesh in cloves; no ‘off’ or foreign odours or tastes. Squat, pear shaped bulb comprised of a number of smaller bulbs (cloves). Evenly sized bulbs; Loose bulbs 55 – 60mm or 60 – 65mm in diameter. Pre pack size; >50mm in diameter.
Tubes or mesh sacks
Garlic has been used to treat bronchitis, hypertension (high blood pressure), TB (tuberculosis), liver disorders, dysentery, flatulence, colic, intestinal worms, rheumatism, diabetes, and fevers. It is also used as food seasoning.
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