Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Import Manual 1 - Phytosanitary ...

Procedures
Apples and Pears from Chile
Apples and Pears from Chile
Use these special procedures to detect adult populations of hitchhiking pests
such as crickets, weevils, and various wood borers associated with apples and
pears from Chile.
Inspectional Unit
Generally, the inspectional unit is all the fruit listed on the bill of lading (B/L).
Sampling Rate
Use Table 2-22 to determine the sampling rate.
Table 2-22 Sampling Scheme Based on Consignment Size
If the number of cases per inspection unit
are: Then the sample size is:
1 through 30 all cases (100 percent)
31 through 2,000 30 cases
2,001 through 10,000 50 cases
10,001 and greater 100 cases
Selecting the Sample
Select no more than 20 percent of the total number of cases sampled
from a pallet in an inspectional unit
Select the remaining 80 percent of the cases at a rate not to exceed 1 case
per pallet (when possible)
Select 20 percent of the sample cases from the center or bottom portions
of the pallet
Inspect 100 percent of the contents of each case sampled
EXAMPLE A consignment (B/L) of 14,000 cases of Chilean pears arrives at your port.
Checking the sampling rate table, you must sample 100 cases of fruits.
Select no more than 20 cases from a pallet. Assuming that you sampled the
maximum number of cases from the first pallet, you would still have 80 cases
to sample. You could select no more than one case per pallet. Also, you
would be required to sample 20 percent of the cases from the center or
bottom portions of the pallet.
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