Texas Agriculture Code

§ 92.023 — FANCY TOMATO PACKS

AG § 92.023Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Ch. 92. TOMATO STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION · Art. C. CONTAINERS, GRADES, AND PACKS

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(a)The standard packs for a six-basket crate of fancy tomatoes are:

(1)72's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, 2 layers high, 6 to the layer, blossom end up, 12 to the basket;

(2)84's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 4 rows on edge, 8 to the layer for the first layer, 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the second layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the third or last layer, 15 to the basket; and

(3)108's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, 9 to the layer for the first layer, and 3 and 3 alternately in 3 rows on edge, blossom end out, 9 to the layer for the second or last layer, 18 to the basket.

(b)The standard packs for a four-basket crate of fancy tomatoes are:

(1)48's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the first layer, and 2 and 2 alternately in 3 rows, flat, blossom end up, 6 to the layer for the second or last layer, 12 to the basket;

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1231, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.