Does the cutting and drying of the apricots prevent the deterioration of the fruit?
The cutting of the apricots and their subsequent drying using a diesel fuel powered burner unit is undertaken to prevent the deterioration in the apricots that would otherwise occur if the apricots were left to dry naturally. Consequently, this requirement is met. Are the activities carried out on an agricultural property where a coreagricultural activity is carried on? As the cutting and drying of the apricots takes place on an agricultural property where the core agricultural activity of horticulture is carried on, this test is met. Does the cutting and drying of the apricots constitute a physical change to theapricots? The term ‘physical change’ is not defined in the EGCSA. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973, rev. 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford defines ‘physical’ as meaning ‘of or pertaining to material nature. Pertaining to or connected with matter’. The relevant meaning of ‘change’ is ‘to become different, alter’. If the term ‘physical change’ were to be interpr
