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Welcome...
... to the Newly Revised 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 damage in the orchard. Available materials include visual identification guides, instructions for sampling in the orchard and packinghouse, as well as, quarantine pest and export workplan information.To the left are links to 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).
2009 Taiwan training schedule is now posted go to schedule
Popular Item:
Quick Identification Guide to Apple Postharvest Defects & Disorders
Check out the Apple Disorders Guide link to see a low resolution reproduction of the very popular high quality card set now available from the Good Fruit Grower.
News Items
Taiwan Export Alerts
First 2009 Crop Strike!
On November 5, 2009, Taiwan's Bureau of Animal & Plant Health Inspection & Quarantine (BAPHIQ) informed USDA/APHIS that a codling moth larva was intercepted in a shipment of apples from Washington. This is the first detection of a codling moth during the 2009 season and constitutes the "first strike" under the terms of the work plan effective November 5, 2009.
NHC Country Alert Link
To view the Taiwan Export plan visit: NHC-Taiwan Workplan
Taiwan MRL Policy
2009 Crop Cherries 5/18/09
2009 Crop Apple & Pears 7/10/09
EU changes AZM MRL
In September 2008 the EU lowered the MRL for azinphos-methyl (AZM) from 0.5 to 0.05ppm. The US has recieved assurances from the UK that the new limit only applies to the 2009 crop. For more information contact the NHC or visit their website.
