Harvested fruit and vegetables from a red outbreak area (Corrective Action Zone, or CAZ)

Restricted fruit and vegetables harvested before a declared fruit fly outbreak can be sent to interstate and local South Australian markets, including the Riverland, under area freedom status.

Managing unsold winegrapes

If you're unable to sell some or all of your grapes, it's essential you minimise the risk of your crop becoming an unintentional host for fruit fly.

PIRSA and the wine industry have worked together to review management options available to growers at harvest:

• Harvest as early as possible in the grape ripening phase.
• Harvest unsold winegrape crops onto the ground to desiccate.
• Set up the harvester to spread the harvested grapes out over the vineyard floor.
• Where possible, run the harvester over the harvested grapes in the same action to macerate them.
• Harvest during the daytime so sunlight and heat rapidly begin the desiccation process.

Certification required

To allow the export of produce from an area or property declared free of a specific pest like fruit fly.

• ICA-23 Area or property freedom based on monitoring by the accrediting authority (PDF 549.2 KB)
• ICA-23 Application and property approval form (PDF 204.7 KB)

Verification of harvesting

PIRSA must verify that your fruit and vegetables have been:

• harvested and packed before an outbreak is declared; and
• securely stored since that time.

Proof of harvest records and inspection

To verify that your fruit and vegetables were harvested and securely stored or packaged before the outbreak declaration, PIRSA will require evidence of either harvest records or inspection of your storage facility.

PIRSA accepts these harvest records:

PIRSA will inspect your storage facility to make sure it meets secure conditions to prevent the spread of fruit fly.