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D-pack-house Dictionary

Pack-house

A facility where produce is graded, washed, cooled and packed

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Plain meaning
A facility where produce is graded, washed, cooled and packed
How to use it
Line up a pack-house before planting fresh produce for formal buyers; the pack-house decides access to supermarkets and export.
South African benchmark
South African export fruit is packed in accredited pack-houses before shipping (Article 25).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C10 Lesson 10.2, C5 Lesson 5.2, M4-U2
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A025, LIB-A037, LIB-A057, LIB-A088
See also
Cold chain, Grading, Consignment
Eight small farms pooling produce through a co-operative to reach a buyer or lenderMany small farms, one strong sellerCO-OPERATIVEBuyer or lenderPooling volume gives small farms grading, transport and bargaining power.
From Module 10, People and Industry Structure, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C10 People and Industry Structure.