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Welcome
to the Cullage Assessment & Education Program website. The purpose of this site is to provide the public and tree fruit industry with information related to damage and disorders encountered during the cullage assessment phase of the postharvest process. There are also useful materials for people involved with identificatin of fruit defects in the orchard. Available materials include visual identification guides, instructions for sampling in the orchard and in the packinghouse, and export workplan information,The links listed above are additional sources of information that should be helpful for people working in or interested in the tree fruit industry.
Training Events
Each year prior to harvest a series of training workshops are held for cherry packing, apricot quarentine pest detection, and Taiwan apple export workplan certification. For more information about training please visit the Training Events link to the left, or contact your regional commodity inspections office (i.e., WSDA, USDA, ISDA, OSDA, or CDA).
2007 Codling Moth Sampling Training Schedule
New Item:
Quick Identification Guide to Apple Postharvest Defects & Disorders
Check out the Apple Disorders Guide link to see a low resolution reproduction of the new high quality card set now available from the Good Fruit Grower.
Taiwan Export Alerts
Strike 1
On November 2, 2007 BAPHIQ informed USDA/APHIS that a codling moth larva was discovered in a shipment of Washington apples in Taiwan. All US growers and packing-houses involved in this "Strike" are immediately suspended for the remainer of the season or until cleard by BAPHIQ. The rest of the US apple industry remain eligible to export to Taiwan but will be subject to stringent inspections upon arrival.
Pacific Northwest growers, packers and shippers are strongly urged to follow the existing work plan carefully. Potential codling moth damage should be very carefully evaluated by packers
and be extremely cautious when selecting lots for export. If the Taiwan market is closed after a third strike, it will be very difficult to reopen.
NHC Country Alert Link
