Restrictions for retailers selling produce
There are conditions for retailers to sell restricted fruit and vegetables grown in a red outbreak area, known as a Corrective Action Zone (CAZ) or yellow suspension area, known as an Export Assurance Zone (EAZ). You must make sure:
- The fruit and vegetables have been treated and securely packed.
- PIRSA has given approval.
Check the outbreak map to see if your business or suppliers are in a fruit fly affected area – Controlled Movement Zone (CMZ).
Buying from growers or wholesalers
Retailers buying from a wholesaler located in a CMZ need have PIRSA's approval to securely store and move restricted fruit and vegetables.
The wholesaler must either have:
- an Inspector Direction Certificate
- a Chief Inspectors Movement Certificate.
These are issued by a PIRSA Plant Health Inspector. Businesses must keep copies of their certificates.
A retailer in the CMZ needs to verify with its growers and suppliers that their ability to supply restricted fruit and vegetables has not been impacted.
Secure conditions for retail stores
Retailers located in a CAZ must maintain secure conditions for restricted fruit and vegetables during transport, unloading and offloading, storage, and display.
You can meet and maintain secure conditions by either:
- enclosing the outer packaging or building, known as secure packaging, secure transport, or enclosed facility
- keeping restricted fruit and vegetables under 13°C, known as low air temperature.
Find out how to achieve secure conditions for moving and storing produce in outbreaks.
Displaying fruit and vegetables
Retailers who normally display restricted fruit and vegetables outside have the following 2 options.
Inside displays
Retailers can swap their outdoor displays to non-restricted fruit and vegetables and move all restricted fruit and vegetables indoors.
Restricted fruit and vegetables must be kept more than 1.5 m away from doors or windows that open directly to the environment, if these remain access points open when not in use. Examples of accepted doors include automatic doors or plastic strip curtains.
Outside displays
If retailers continue to display restricted fruit and vegetables outside and within 1.5 m of any doors, or are unable to keep doors shut, then the restricted fruit and vegetables inside the store must be either:
- securely packed
- maintained under 13°C.
More information
Translated information for retailers
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