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Proper packaging is especially important when a grower is selling to a wholesale buyer.
There is no uniformity in container size or weight standards for all fruits and vegetables, but individual crops have specific industry packaging standards. If the crops are not packaged accordingly, wholesale customers probably will not buy them. In other words, everyone knows what they are buying and selling. Crops have different requirements for handling, so different types of containers are made to fit them. This text was extracted from the publication, MF-979.