Kiwifruit Harvest Audit - Fruit Quality

• Orchard Name

• Record orchard name

• Date

  Date

• Record date and time of Inspections

• KPIN

• Record KPIN being inspected

• Contractor representative

• Record name of who you dealt with during the inspection

• Maturity area

• Self pick

  Yes

  No

• Name of Harvest Contractor

• Note: this may be the actual grower's staff = grower's name

• Variety

  Select

• Growing method (CK or OB)

  Select

General Information Capture

• Record weather conditions (can be more than one)

  Select

• Fruit bin location shade / sun (Loading pad)

  Shade

  Sun

• Fruit condition

  Select

• Fruit temperature on Load-out

• Use provided thermometers

• Fruit Temp under vine

• Glove hygiene process in place to reduce juice transfer?

  Yes

  No

• Expectation to have instructed pickers to change gloves after juice contact and have clean gloves easily available. If not using gloves, then indicate in "notes"

• Picking bag hygiene process in place?

  Yes

  No

• Expectation to have instructed pickers to remove split fruit, any fruit with juice and wipe bag clean before continuing picking. Having wipes etc easily available. Best practice to clean bags at least at end of day.

General

• Check there is a non picking supervisor for each team

  Yes

  No

• Expectation is that ALL bags emptied into bins are QC'd by the bin supervisor. Too many bins, bins spread out, too many pickers = inadequate supervision = FAIL

• Rain picking

  N Rain

  Y Rain

• Observe picking technique. All pickers are seen bringing fruit down INTO the picking bag and releasing it - no dropping from above bag rim. Also monitor "hand speed", fruit being dropped and or leaves being ripped. All indicators of poor and unnecessary technique.

• Picking bags banging or resting full bags on bins

  N Bang/Rest

  Y Bang/Rest

• Good practice to avoid fatigue is to hold bag strings with one hand, while bracing on edge of bin with free hand. Lower bag into bin before releasing

• Emptying bag to bin transfer (rough handling of fruit)

  Gentle

  Rough (Dropping)

• Best practice is to bend knees and lower bag so fruit flows into bin, not dropping

• Picking fruit off of the ground

  No fruit off ground

  Pick fruit off ground

• Zero tolerance. Any fruit from the ground put into a bin or bag = INSTANT FAIL

• Driving too fast - tractors / bin transport

  Speed OK

  Speed too fast

• Speed to mitigate fruit bouncing on bin trailers

• Dropped fruit

  <2 dropped C1 fruit

  3+ dropped C1 fruit

• Pass: 2 or less Class 1 fruit per bay seen on the ground where harvest has been completed. Fail = Take pic

• Fruit left unpicked

  No unpicked fruit

  Yes unpicked fruit

• Pass: 3 or less class 1 fruit per bay are seen left in canopy after harvest. Fail = Take pic

• Overfilled bins at load pad

  Bin level OK

  Bin level high

• Below lip of bin to avoid crushing. Fail = take pic

300-Fruit Sample (min 5 bins)

• 300 fruit count from random bins at auditors choosing - load pad and/or vine (minimum 5 bins)

• Short stalks (less than 10mm)

  +/- 9 Short stalks

  10+ Short stalks

• Pass: 9 fruit or less (3%). Record number in notes

• Long stalks (greater than 10mm)

  +/- 12 Long stalks

  13+ Long stalks

• Pass:12 fruit or less (4%). Record number in notes

• Fresh cuts or punctures

  +/- 3 fresh cuts

  4+ fresh cuts

• "Wet" wounds. Pass: 3 or less (1%). Record number in notes

• Exploded fruit (split)

  +/-1 Split fruit

  2+ Split fruit

• Pass: 1 fruit maximum. Remove fruit and any juice-contaminated fruit. Record number in notes

• Soft fruit

• Record number in notes

• Old cuts or punctures (damage prior to harvest)

• "Dried" wounds. Record number in notes

Old Fruit Damage

• Old damage present in low hanging areas?

• Inspect 4 bays of low hanging fruit. Inspect 20 fruit in each bay. Record total number.