ANNEX I
Minimum marketing requirements for hop cones referred to in Article 8(2)
Characteristics | Description | Maximum content (% of weight) | |
Prepared hops | Unprepared hops | ||
Moisture | Water content | 12,0 | 14,0 |
Leaves and stalks | Leaf fragments from branch tendrils, branch tendrils, leaf or cone strigs; to be classed as stalk, cone strigs must be at least 2,5 cm long | 6,0 | 6,0 |
Hop waste | Small particles resulting from machine harvesting, varying in colour between dark green and black and which generally do not come from the cone; the maximum contents indicated may include particles of varieties of hops other than those to be certified, amounting to up to 2 % of the weight | 3,0 | 4,0 |
Seed content in the case of ‘seedless hops’ | Mature fruit of the cone | 2,0 | 2,0 |