Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Orders 2005
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34 Processing equipment
34.1 When an establishment is to be used for the processing and packaging of dried fruits, machinery capable of detecting and removing foreign material from the fruit during processing and packaging must be provided.
34.2 Except where otherwise approved by the Secretary, each processing line along which packed and processed dried fruits pass must incorporate an electrically operated metal detector that has an accuracy sufficient to warn, either by:
(a) a signal indicating the presence of an object to the size of a 5 millimetre metal ball; or
(b) automatic removal of an object to the size of a 5 millimetre metal ball.
34.3 Equipment must be provided at an establishment suitable for the removal and collection of dust and screenings from the dried fruits during processing.
34.4 An establishment at which dried fruits are to be prepared must have suitable facilities (or access to these facilities) for analysis of dried fruits and records of any analysis must be maintained at the establishment.
34.5 Equipment for the fumigation of dried fruits must be constructed, tested, maintained and operated in accordance with relevant local government, State, Territory and Commonwealth regulations.