Information
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Audit Title (Customer Country AWB/Container# Flight/Vessel Destination)
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Date of Inspection
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Prepared by
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Location of Inspection
CUSTOMER & IMPORTER DETAILS
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Customer Name, Address, Phone, Email, Contact Person
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Importer
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If Other write Importer Name, Address, Phone, Email, Contact Person
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Importer Client Code
EXPORTER, PACK HOUSE & GROWER DETAILS
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Exporter
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Grower
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If other, then name
Biosecurity Information
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Phytosanitary Certificate
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Phyto No.
Packaging
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Packaging Information:
- must be synthetic or highly processed if of plant origin
- no unprocessed plant material such as straw
- individual cartons or pails labelled
- meshed vents
- inside of handles meshed -
Packaging Compliant with Packaging Information?
Storage
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Requirements:
- Prior to export fresh turmeric must be stored in a clean area free from contaminants
- At +12* to +14* C wherever possible (at certain stages of transit ambient is only option)
- fully cleaned -
Storage Requirements Met?
General Criteria
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Size (Whole - various sizes as per supply agreement)
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Colour (yellow, orange and grey/brown colours - all variants possible)<br>
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Appearance (minimal triangular coverings, clean and free of soil, roots, green shoots, debris, insects)
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Sensory - firm
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Maturity (over 8 months growth time in ground)<br>
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Odour (earthy turmeric)
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Taste (earthy, slight aniseed taste)
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Shape (Stubby fingerlike rhizomes with knobbly tubers)<br>
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Weight (Sea Freight - 30lb net at the time of receiving; Air Freight - 30lb net at the time of receiving; all boxes packed to minimum of 30.85lb)<br>
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Foreign Objects/Matter (Turmeric rhizomes must be free of shoots, roots, soil and any other contaminants)
Defect Criteria
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Minor Defects (do not effect shelf life of product): Healed growth, pest and harvest damage <1 square inch, superficial skin marking, small broken pieces
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Minor Defects Tolerance 10% or less
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Major Defect Criteria: Rot and mould (<0.5%), green shoots, insects, very fibrous flesh, growth / pest / harvest damage >1 square inch
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Major Defects Tolerance 2% or less (rot and mould <0.5%)
Transport
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Transport Requirements:
- containers and vehicles used to transport consignments to export conveyances must be clean and fit for purpose
- before loading, ensure container is clean and free from insects, soil and other debris
- containers must be secured and sealed against contamination from insects, as well as to maintain the quarantine integrity of the consignment -
Transport Requirements met?
OVERALL INSPECTION/ASSESSMENT RESULT AND FINDINGS
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RESULT AND COMMENTS
