Fresh-orange trade begins with Citrus sinensis variety, maturity, class and size—not a generic citrus label. Codex CXS 245-2004 covers commercial fresh oranges supplied to consumers and excludes fruit for industrial processing. A comparable offer identifies variety or commercial type, production origin and crop or harvest period, Extra, Class I or Class II, colour and degreening status, minimum juice content and test basis, equatorial diameter or size code, count and package arrangement, shape and skin condition, pest, decay, bruising, temperature and frost damage findings, ripeness and development, residue and hygiene evidence, packer, lot, package and net weight, cold-chain and treatment record, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are current requirements from the FAO/WHO Codex Standard for Oranges CXS 245-2004, amended in 2005 and 2011. The standard defines fresh Citrus sinensis identity, maturity, class, sizing, tolerances, presentation and marking; it does not establish current availability, certify a shipment or provide a live delivered orange price.
CXS 245-2004 applies to commercial varieties of Citrus sinensis supplied fresh after preparation and packaging; oranges for industrial processing are excluded. Atlas keeps fresh whole fruit separate from orange juice, concentrate and broader citrus records. Variety or commercial type, origin, harvest period, preparation, treatment and intended use remain explicit before quality, price or trade evidence is compared.
Codex defines maturity through colouring and minimum juice content measured against total fruit weight after hand-press extraction. Minimums are 30 percent for blood oranges, 33 percent for the Navels group and 35 percent for other varieties, with separate rules for fruit from high-temperature, high-humidity areas that retains more than one-fifth green colour. Degreening is permitted only when other natural organoleptic characteristics are not modified. Atlas retains variety, colour exception, test method, sample and date.
The standard defines Extra, Class I and Class II quality separately from sizing. Equatorial diameter sets codes 0 through 13, from 92–110 millimetres down to 53–60 millimetres; fruit below 53 millimetres is outside the standard size codes. Layer-packed fruit has maximum within-package differences of 11 millimetres for codes 0–2, 9 for codes 3–6 and 7 for codes 7–13. Atlas keeps class, code, measured diameter, count, arrangement and tolerance findings as distinct fields.
Codex requirements establish identity and quality boundaries, not current availability or price. A delivered orange price still requires a defined variety, class and size, current permitted physical observations, origin and harvest, treatment and cold-chain evidence, package and count, lot quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight and information vintage. Atlas keeps any physical-price output unsupported when those fields or usage rights are missing.
No. Its primary Codex evidence covers fresh Citrus sinensis supplied to consumers and explicitly excludes oranges for industrial processing. Juice and concentrate remain separate product records.
CXS 245-2004 sets 30 percent for blood oranges, 33 percent for the Navels group and 35 percent for other varieties, calculated against total fruit weight after hand-press extraction, with defined green-colour exceptions.
The ordinary Codex size scale ends at code 13, 53–60 millimetres maximum equatorial diameter; fruit below 53 millimetres is excluded from the scale, while the all-class size tolerance may include qualifying fruit down to 50 millimetres.
Citrus sinensis variety or commercial type, origin and harvest, class, colour and degreening status, juice-content test, diameter or size code, count and package arrangement, skin and defect findings, residue and hygiene evidence, treatment and cold chain, lot, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.