Providing a robust, independent and consistent quality audit for your produce is critical for accurate product description. The key to true representation of your produce in the market – from price confirmation and market specification to dispute resolution – Hortus’s Post Harvest Services are an essential business tool.
With Hortus’s presence in the field our Agronomists are able to provide regular Pre shipment inspections (PSI) to provide a consistent quality audit on produce. The PSI arms producers with a robust independent report of their produce quality at dispatch which can be kept on record for dispute resolution or to supply to their customers electronically with each consignment sent.
The PSI survey involves a chemical laboratory analysis on fruit (pH, EC, Brix, K, Ca, Mg, Na, Cl) for the fruits specific nutritional composition the survey will also include physical analysis such as firmness, maturity, temperature, weight, colour, consistency, all inline with documented Freshspec requirements. The report is issued within 24hours, often before the produce arrives at its final domestic or export destination.
We take the greatest care in selecting only the best quality produce from reputable growers, many of whom our Qualified Agronomists work with in the production of the crops, ensuring a thorough knowledge of management practices.