Jobbers A jobber sells locally in small lots and purchases from receivers on the local market. Packers A produce packing operation receives raw agricultural products and packs the products for shipping. A produce packer may also store products and apply postharvest materials. A meat packer converts live animals to carcass meats and possibly to primal cuts or boxed meat and other fresh meat forms. Receivers A receiver purchases and takes physical possession of truck lots or car lots and resells them intact or in jobbing lots in the local area.
Receivers are at destination points.
Repackers A repacker receives products from growers or other sources, removes the products from the original container, may or may not sort the product, and repacks the product for resale either in the original container or in a different container. A shipper may sell for the account of growers or other shippers. A processor cooks, bakes, heats, dries, mixes, grinds, churns, separates, extracts, cuts, ferments, eviscerates, preserves, dehydrates, freezes, otherwise manufactures, packages, cans, jars, or otherwise encloses food in a container. Co-Processor A processor who does not take legal title to the ingredients or the final product which is manufactured for another party. A co- processor does not need to be certified as an organic handler but its activities as agent, licensee, employee, contractor, or subcontractor for a certified organic handler must be covered under the certification of that handler.