Inspection Procedures for Stone Fruit Exports
Key Steps
- Arrange regular inspections with PPECB to ensure fruit can be placed under forced air cooling as soon as possible.
- Offer fruit for export inspection to PPECB on the day it is packed.
- Approved fruit must be placed in a cold room for forced air-cooling within 1 hour of inspection.
- If fruit was not stored in a high-humidity cool room, ensure the total time from harvest to the start of forced air-cooling does not exceed 6 hours.
PPECB Responsibilities (per HP29 Protocol)
- Conduct inspections on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
- Inspect and certify cold storage facilities.
- Monitor product temperatures at various points.
- Specify and monitor shipping temperatures and tolerances.
- Act as area manager at the loading port and maintain daily records of each ship, including procedures and temperatures.
- Oversee all in-transit cold-sterilised shipping.
- Provide technical advice.
- Provide statistics related to product shipping.