Please note that the majority of varietal dispensations for patented varieties are directly arranged by the PBRs with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). Most PBRs, except BLOOM Fresh™ and Culdevco, communicate the dispensations to the contracted growers directly. SATI therefore does not have insight into all arrangements between PBRs and DALRRD.
Producers, exporters or PBRs of table grapes may apply for a dispensation to deviate from the prescribed minimum standards and requirements for export of table grapes from South Africa. The prescribed request form must be used for this purpose and must contain all the necessary details of the applicant as well as a scientifically or technically justifiable motivation for the deviation in order for DALRRD to evaluate the request.
DALRRD may, at its discretion, request SATI to provide industry inputs on such requests in order to support DALRRD in its decision-making process. DALRRD is however solely responsible for the final decision on any request.
Relevant link for Container set-points:
The standard container set-points can be viewed under 3.7.2 in the PPECB HP27 Handling procedures for Table Grapes, available here:
