PRIMARY CONCEPT 11.1: Stone fruit may be sent by airfreight, conventional shipment, or integral containers
Critical Guidelines
11.1.1 For airfreight of stone fruit
PRIMARY CONCEPT 11.2: Attempt to load fruit into the shipping mode of choice within 5 days after packing
Critical Guidelines
11.2.1 Choose the correct carrying temperature for the stone fruit kind, cultivar, and maturity of the fruit.
- For cultivars to be exported with PD1 (single temperature at -0.5°C), the temperature of fruit should not go lower than -1.0°C or higher than +1.5°C.
- Dual temperature plum cultivars to be carried at recommended temperatures.
- Special temperature regimes are applicable for plums treated with 1-MCP.
- Follow the correct protocol for mixed shipping loads.
- Important: PPECB has introduced a new procedure for the booking of export plums (from December 2019). Exporters must state the exact dates when dual temperature regimes must be applied (not just days after vessel sailing).
11.2.1 Supporting Documents
- Carrying temperature regime codes of Perishable produce
Download - Plum Cultivar Shipping Temperatures: Regime Guidelines
Download - Optimum Storing and Shipping Conditions (PPECB Blue Book – Chapter 8)
Download - 1-MCP Songold Protocol
Download - Songold cooling and shipping protocol
Download - Guidelines for dual loading of containers
Download - PPECB Plum Booking Procedure Letter 2021
Download - Plum Booking Procedure Changes for 2020/2021
Download - PPECB Advice Sheet for Dual Temperature Plum Shipments
Download
PRIMARY CONCEPT 11.3: Book shipping space in a timely manner with the specified carrying temperatures and conditions
Critical Guidelines
11.3.1 All CTOs (Container Terminal Orders) must reflect the product, temperature setting, temperature regime codes, and ventilation settings.
PRIMARY CONCEPT 11.4: Monitor carrying temperatures
Critical Guidelines
11.4.1 Choose the correct carrying temperature for the stone fruit kind, cultivar, and maturity of the fruit.
- Take corrective action in the event of deviations.
- For airfreight of stone fruit
11.4.1 Supporting Documents
- Register, log in and obtain Templogs on PPECB’s webpage
Log in – TempLogs