Species and commercial type come before a passion-fruit grade
OECD's fresh standard covers golden passion fruit or sweet granadilla, Passiflora ligularis; purple passion fruit, Passiflora edulis forma edulis; yellow passion fruit or maracuja, Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa; and their hybrids. Kew accepts Passiflora edulis as a species in Passifloraceae. Type affects shape, size, rind, colour, pulp and taste, so Atlas retains supported species or hybrid identity, commercial type, cultivar and origin rather than treating every fruit sold as passion fruit as equivalent.
Fresh fruit and processing fruit are separate products
The OECD standard applies to passion fruit supplied fresh after preparation and packaging and explicitly excludes fruit for industrial processing. Codex CXS 247 applies to fruit juices and nectars and gives composition references for specified Passiflora edulis juice and nectar. Whole fresh fruit, pulp, purée, single-strength juice, concentrate and nectar therefore keep separate product identities, mass or volume bases, processing records, package forms and inspection evidence.
Maturity, class, defects and optional size require lot inspection
OECD requires fruit to be intact, sound, clean, practically free from pests and pest damage, free of abnormal external moisture and foreign smell or taste, and sufficiently developed and mature. It provides Extra, Class I and Class II tolerances and permits optional sizing by count, equatorial diameter, individual weight or established trading practice when labelled. Brazil's MAPA minimum requirements similarly distinguish physiological development, excessive maturity, deep damage, decay, dehydration and freezing. Atlas retains representative sample, inspection date, class, each defect result, maturity basis, size method and actual distribution with the lot.
OECD and CEAGESP size labels need their own named basis
OECD's optional diameter guide uses A through D and its optional weight guide A through F. CEAGESP's commercial classification for sour passion fruit uses calibre 1 through 5 by equatorial diameter, while its market equivalence guide also distinguishes sour and sweet market groups. A number such as 4A, calibre 4, size B or twelve fruits cannot be translated without its originating scheme, unit and boundaries. Atlas stores authority, edition, type, dimension or count basis and package label before comparing size claims.
A class or juice threshold does not establish a delivered passion-fruit price
An OECD class, CEAGESP calibre, Codex Brix threshold or regulatory minimum does not establish an offered lot's identity, actual maturity, defects, availability, transaction value or delivered cost. A physical comparison still needs permitted current observations for the exact species or hybrid, fresh or processing form, class and measured size, quality and treatment results, origin, crop and packing dates, package, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, cold-chain and route costs, and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.