DUS DARS 971:2024, Fresh asparagus — Specification, First edition

This Uganda Standard applies to shoots of commercial varieties of asparagus grown from Asparagus officinalis L. to be supplied fresh to the consumer Asparagus for industrial processing is excluded.
Asparagus shoots is classified into four groups according to colour:
(a) white asparagus;
(b) violet asparagus, having tips of a colour between pink and violet or purple and part of the shoot
white;
(c) violet/green asparagus, part of which is of violet and green colouring;
(d) green asparagus having tips and most of the shoot green.Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.