Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-4 - Standardization, Marketing, and Phytosanitary Inspection of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Plant and Plant Products
Section R68-4-9 - Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Apples
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 68-4-9
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Licensing.
(a) Any person, corporation, partnership,
association, or other organized group or person who owns or operates a
controlled atmosphere room or storage building shall apply for a license with
the department on a form prescribed by the department. The licensing period
shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.
(b) The application for an annual
registration to engage in the business of operating a controlled atmosphere
storage warehouse or warehouses shall be accompanied by an annual license fee
determined by the department pursuant to Subsection
4-2-103(2).
(c) The department shall assign each approved
applicant a registration number preceded by the letters CA. This number shall
be marked on each container coming under these rules.
(2) Atmospheric Specifications.
(a) Apples shall not be identified as being
from CA storage unless the requirements in Subsections
R68-4-10(2)(a)(i)
through (v) have been met as shown by
inspection and certification by the department.
(i) The percentage of oxygen within the
storage atmosphere shall be reduced to 5% within 20 days after the date of
sealing.
(ii) The period of storage
in a sealed room with not more than 5% oxygen shall be at least 45 days for
Gala and Jonagold varieties and at least 90 days for any other varieties. The
maximum period of storage in a sealed room with not more than 5% oxygen shall
be ten months, but in no case later than September 1 of the year following
harvest.
(iii) The fruit
temperature in the CA storage room shall be maintained without significant
deviation in a range of temperature normal for the variety.
(iv) A representative of the department shall
be notified before opening of the CA facility after the storage period, and the
department representative shall inspect the general condition of the facility
and contents within 48 hours after the opening.
(v) CA Certified Apples shall enter
commercial channels of trade within four weeks after storage is opened. Minimum
condition and maturity standards shall be the U.S. Condition Standards for
Export pursuant to 7 CFR 51.
(3) Storage Records.
(a) Each owner or operator shall maintain a
record for each room on an approved form. The record shall include owner or
operator's name and address, room number, date of sealing, date of opening,
capacity in bushels, lot identification, number of bushels within each lot, and
the daily air constituents determination including date of test, time of test,
percentage of oxygen, percentage of carbon dioxide, temperature, and
comments.
(b) Each owner or
operator shall submit to the department within 20 days after date of sealing, a
written report, for each room showing room number, date of sealing, and number
of bushels contained .
(4) Marketing CA Apples.
(a) Any person selling, offering for sale or
transporting for sale any apples under these rules shall furnish an invoice
covering the sale of the apples.
(i) Each
invoice shall state the CA registration number assigned to the owner or owners
of the controlled atmosphere room or storage building in which each included
lot of apples was kept.
(ii)
Enforcement officials may investigate and examine records and invoices relating
to any transactions in connection with these rules to determine the identity of
apples represented as meeting requirements for identification.
(b) It is unlawful for any person
to sell, hold for sale, or transport for sale any apples represented as having
been exposed to "controlled atmosphere storage" or to use any term or form of
words or symbols of similar import unless the apples have been stored in CA
storage that meets the requirements of Section R68-4-9.
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