We have often heard that food safety is very important for the sale of fruits and vegetables in international markets or countries that do not allow the entry of any product for the consumption of their population. Here we tell you about the important role that packaging plays in the food safety of fruits and vegetables.

What is food safety?

Food safety or food quality consists of the correct handling of fruits and vegetables, from the moment they are planted until they reach the final consumer. This ensures that products that do not cause any harm to the health of the population are being sold.

What are the objectives of food safety?

Here in Mexico, as in thousands of other countries, different procedures are applied to ensure that foodstuffs are not contaminated by pesticides, heavy metals, bacteria or insects that can cause harm to human health.

Who regulates food safety and quality?

In Mexico, SENASICA is in charge of its correct management through different programs and certifications that help to standardize processes focused on food health.

However, in other countries, the organization that carries these responsibilities varies. One example is the United States, where the FDA guarantees that every product within the U.S. market was approved within its evaluation criteria.

Where does packaging come in with fruit and vegetable safety?

You’ve probably figured it out by now, but packaging is the final stage of product handling by human hands, so any poorly performed process directly affects the end user.

Correct packing procedures must be carried out on fruits and vegetables so as not to affect food safety and on the other hand, compromise the sale of tons of product to different markets.

How do I achieve food safety in my packaging?

According to the MICIPMAone of the most important challenges of food safety for farmers is the high costs of infrastructure and human resources. That is why many farms are turning to the use of a viable and cost-effective alternative for packing fruits and vegetables.

At AVL Fresh Packing we take care of packing and shipping all your fresh products with the necessary certifications to sell in international markets.

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In agriculture it is very common that the efforts and work planning are only made from the planting of hectares to harvesting, but there is a final process, important and forgotten by most farmers: the packaging of vegetables. Here we tell you everything you need to know about the types of vegetable packaging with a farm packer.

Why is vegetable packaging important?

Although many farmers choose not to worry about these actions, selecting the right packaging for their products can be the key, not only to their sale but also to higher profits.

You see, there is a market willing to pay the right money in exchange for fresh produce that guarantees food safety, we are referring to the international or export market.

In the United States, the type of fruit and vegetable packaging the product comes in is very important for receiving an imported food product. This will determine its value and whether it can enter the country.

What types of packaging for vegetables?

Currently there are a wide variety of packaging for the food industry, which one is suitable for your product will depend on its characteristics, where it will be shipped and the climate it will be exposed to. Some examples of packaging for vegetables and fruits are:

• American Boxes: The standard packaging for fruit and vegetable packaging, these are the cardboard boxes that we normally see in supermarkets.
• Wooden Boxes: As a solution for domestic packaging that weighs little, but may be exposed to moisture, affecting its structure and state of arrival to the customer.
• Plastic Boxes: These are plastic nets similar to the American boxes, but thanks to the material they are made of, they allow the correct breathing of the product and avoid the possibility of pests in the shipment of products.

How do I select the vegetable packaging?

As we mentioned before, it will depend on the type of product you need to transport, generally for fruits and vegetables it is taken into account:

• Its degree of recyclability and biodegradability due to the fact that the export market seeks to reduce packaging waste.
• Quantity to be packed as this is also where the costs for both you and your customers will be derived.
• The presentation that your customer expects to receive as a synonym that the product was packaged with the quality indexes.

Start now with vegetable packaging

Many Mexican growers are looking to sell their products at a higher profit, but only a few succeed, so AVL Fresh Packing has developed an economical and profitable solution for fruit and vegetable growers.

We are a packaging maquila specialized in fresh products with the necessary certifications for domestic and export sales. We are your agricultural packer.