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Packhouse

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In agriculture, packhouse means: A facility where fresh fruit and vegetables are received from farms, then washed, sorted, graded, packed and cooled before going to market or export.

In Turkish: paketleme tesisi, pakethane, ambalajlama tesisi

How it is used

Also called a packing house or packing shed. Exporters and buyers audit packhouses for hygiene, traceability and certification such as GLOBALG.A.P. Typical staff include packhouse managers, quality controllers and line workers.

Example sentences

  1. The grapes are pre-cooled in the packhouse within two hours of picking.

  2. The buyer's auditor spent a whole day in our packhouse.

Common collocations

  • packhouse manager
  • packhouse audit
  • packing line
  • pre-cooling
  • packing shed
  • gradingSorting harvested produce into classes by size, weight, color, shape and defects, so that each class meets a market standard.
  • cold storageKeeping fresh produce at low, controlled temperatures and humidity to slow ripening and decay; also the building or room used for this.
  • post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.
  • ripeFully developed and ready to be harvested or eaten, with the right color, sugar content, softness and flavor.
  • harvestThe work of gathering a ripe crop from the field, the time of year when this happens, or the total amount gathered.

More terms: Harvest and Storage

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