Mr Farrand said he had no doubts the kiwifruit were contaminated by someone who was qualified to spray Calypso. But I've been doing this for 36 years and have never come across a situation this bad," Mr Farrand said. The spray means he is unable to sell the kiwifruit on the world market as residue levels of the spray used exceeded the approved levels. Kerry Farrand, owner of Farrand Orchards in Kerikeri, had to dump nearly 30,000 trays of gold kiwifruit recently after the powerful insecticide Calypso was sprayed on the fruit growing in two orchards over 2.26ha. A Zespri spokeswoman said fruit from Mr Farrand's orchards failed multiple residue tests, recording many times over the allowed limit set by the government.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2016 21:00 UTC